Huseyin ABANOZ

Java Threads may have 6 states: new , runnable , terminated , blocked , waiting , timed_waiting . When a thread is created it is in new state. When start method of thread is called it enters runnable state. Runnable state has two inner states: ready and running . If thread is eligible for execution it is said to be ready, if it is executing it is in running state. Remember calling start method on a already started thread will raise IllegalThreadStateException. When thread finishes its execution it enters into terminated state. When a thread is trying to access a resource, a synchronized statement for example, and it is not available, lock of the object is already acquired for example, it is blocked and said to be in blocked state. When lock is released an thread has chance to acquire lock it goes back to runnable state. When a thread calls join or wait method it enters into waiting state. When joined thread finishes or for wait method notify/notifyAll metho