What happens when you invoke a thread's interrupt()?

java, multithreading, thread-safety

Solution

Judging by your previous questions, I assume you are interested in Java's behavior.

In Java, an `InterruptedException` will be thrown if the thread is currently blocking. If the thread is not blocking, the exception will not be thrown.

For more information, look here: JavaDocs

For .NET languages, a `ThreadInterruptedException` will be thrown if the thread is currently blocking. If the thread isn't blocking the exception will not be thrown until the thread blocks.

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Problem

I need to know what happens - when it is sleeping? - when it is running i.e., it is executing the given task. Thanks in advance.

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