// Fig. 15.3: ThreadTester.java
// Show multiple threads printing at different intervals.

public class ThreadTester {
   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      PrintThread thread1, thread2, thread3, thread4;

      thread1 = new PrintThread( "thread1" );
      thread2 = new PrintThread( "thread2" );
      thread3 = new PrintThread( "thread3" );
      thread4 = new PrintThread( "thread4" );

      System.err.println( "\nStarting threads" );

      thread1.start();
      thread2.start();
      thread3.start();
      thread4.start();

      System.err.println( "Threads started\n" );
   }
}

class PrintThread extends Thread {
   private int sleepTime;

   // PrintThread constructor assigns name to thread 
   // by calling Thread constructor
   public PrintThread( String name )
   {
      super( name );

      // sleep between 0 and 5 seconds
      sleepTime = (int) ( Math.random() * 5000 );

      System.err.println( "Name: " + getName() +
                          ";  sleep: " + sleepTime );
   }

   // execute the thread
   public void run()
   {
      // put thread to sleep for a random interval
      try {
         System.err.println( getName() + " going to sleep" );
         Thread.sleep( sleepTime );
      }
      catch ( InterruptedException exception ) {
         System.err.println( exception.toString() );
      }

      // print thread name
      System.err.println( getName() + " done sleeping" );
   }
}

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