Can someone Help me with my semaphores on this Java file???

[charond]

Hey. I'm trying to get this file working to where I have to repeatedly print out three P's after every two F's, that is, FFPPPFFPPPFFPPPFFPPP. I'm fairly new to Java, so I don't have this down yet. I can add semaphore-related statements only. I cannot add any other statements such as assignments, printing statements or control structures, to name just a few. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong, and how to make this work? Thanks!

Here's the file:

import java.lang.Thread;
import java.util.concurrent.*;

public class ThreadSync
{
	private static boolean runFlag = true;
	
    public static void main( String[] args ) {

        // create and name each runnable
        Runnable task1 = new TaskPrintP();
        Runnable task2 = new TaskPrintF();
        Runnable task3 = new IdleTask();

        Thread thread1 = new Thread( task1 );
        Thread thread2 = new Thread( task2 );
        Thread thread3 = new Thread( task3 );

        thread1.start();
        thread2.start();
        thread3.start();

        try {
			Thread.sleep(500);
		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
        
        runFlag=false;
 
        thread3.interrupt();
        thread2.interrupt();
        thread1.interrupt();
 
    }
    
    public static class TaskPrintP implements Runnable 
    {
        public void run(){
    	    while (runFlag) {
    	        System.out.printf( "%s\n", "P");
    	    }
        }
    }
    public static class TaskPrintF implements Runnable 
    {
        public void run(){
        	while (runFlag) {
    	        System.out.printf( "%s\n", "F");
    	    }
        }
    }
    public static class IdleTask implements Runnable 
    {
        public void run(){
        	while (runFlag) {
    	    }
        }
    }
}

[Tolls]

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[SJF]

Well, step 1. You need a semaphore. There is a Semaphore class in Java Semaphore (Java Platform SE 7 ), but your third thread makes me think that you're supposed to create it.... but maybe not.

So basically (VERY BASIC): Thread1 says to semaphore, "Hey, I want to do some critical stuff."
Semaphore says, "I have a permit, here you go.".
Thread2 says, "Hey, I want to do some critical stuff.".
Semaphore says, "No permit available." (Thread2 waits)
Thread1 says, "I'm done, here's your permit back."
Semaphore says (to Thread2), "I have your permit." ....