//: concurrency/SleepingTask.java // Calling sleep() to pause for a while. import java.util.concurrent.*; public class SleepingTask extends LiftOff { @Override public void run() { try { while(countDown-- > 0) { System.out.print(status()); // Old-style: // Thread.sleep(100); // Java 5/6-style: TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(100); } } catch(InterruptedException e) { System.err.println("Interrupted"); } } public static void main(String[] args) { ExecutorService exec = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(); for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) exec.execute(new SleepingTask()); exec.shutdown(); } } /* Output: #0(9), #1(9), #2(9), #3(9), #4(9), #0(8), #1(8), #2(8), #3(8), #4(8), #0(7), #1(7), #2(7), #3(7), #4(7), #0(6), #1(6), #2(6), #3(6), #4(6), #0(5), #1(5), #2(5), #3(5), #4(5), #0(4), #1(4), #2(4), #3(4), #4(4), #0(3), #1(3), #2(3), #3(3), #4(3), #0(2), #1(2), #2(2), #3(2), #4(2), #0(1), #1(1), #2(1), #3(1), #4(1), #0(Liftoff!), #1(Liftoff!), #2(Liftoff!), #3(Liftoff!), #4(Liftoff!), *///:~