java.lang
Enum Thread.State

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<Thread.State>
      extended by java.lang.Thread.State
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<Thread.State>
Enclosing class:
Thread

public static enum Thread.State
extends Enum<Thread.State>

Represents the current state of a thread, according to the VM rather than the operating system. It can be one of the following:

Since:
1.5

Enum Constant Summary
BLOCKED
           
NEW
           
RUNNABLE
           
TERMINATED
           
TIMED_WAITING
           
WAITING
           
 
Method Summary
static Thread.State valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Thread.State[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

BLOCKED

public static final Thread.State BLOCKED

NEW

public static final Thread.State NEW

RUNNABLE

public static final Thread.State RUNNABLE

TERMINATED

public static final Thread.State TERMINATED

TIMED_WAITING

public static final Thread.State TIMED_WAITING

WAITING

public static final Thread.State WAITING
Method Detail

values

public static Thread.State[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
for (Thread.State c : Thread.State.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Thread.State valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
NullPointerException - if the argument is null