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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T10:46:30+00:00 2026-05-16T10:46:30+00:00

sleep() is a static method of class Thread. How does it work when called

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sleep() is a static method of class Thread. How does it work when called from multiple threads. and how does it figure out the current thread of execution. ?

or may be a more generic Question would be How are static methods called from different threads ? Won’t there be any concurrency problems ?

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    2026-05-16T10:46:30+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 10:46 am

    how does it figure out the current
    thread of execution?

    It doesn’t have to. It just calls the operating system, which always sleeps the thread that called it.

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