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0378 Thread sleep

The sleep( ) method causes the thread to suspend execution for the specified period of milliseconds. Its general form is shown here: static void sleep(long milliseconds) throws InterruptedException The number of milliseconds to suspend is specified in milliseconds. This method may throw an InterruptedException. The sleep( ) method has a second form, shown next, which allows you to specify the period in terms of milliseconds and nanoseconds: static void sleep(long milliseconds, int nanoseconds) throws InterruptedException Thread.sleep(1000); // Delay for 1 second