Thread Execution

[sunilragidi]

Hi,

I have 6 Java threads to perform specific tasks in 2 steps.

step1: First 3 should only execute, other 3 should wait.
step2: After step1 completes, other 3 threads should start execution.

Can anyone pls tell how can I achieve this in Java....?

[demonick]

make last 3 threads wait with, well, wait() method, when first three threads complete, invoke notifyAll(), which allows waiting threads to complete.

[Kapil Viren Ahuja]

why do you need thread to do this job? why cant first three threads handle the next three tasks too? I am just trying to understand the use case that may make your code complicated.