Setting priority to Java's threads

java multithreading thread-priority
Guy picture Guy · Oct 24, 2009 · Viewed 93.2k times · Source

I have a program that runs in a few threads. The main thread shares an object with the other threads and in the main I have a call to:

synchronized(obj){
    do stuff
}

I have a suspicion that the main thread is starved and isn't getting access to obj. How do I raise the priority of the main thread or is it already higher than the other threads by default?

Answer

Macarse picture Macarse · Oct 24, 2009

You have a setPriority() method in the Thread class.

Check this javadoc.

Setting thread priority to maximum:

public static void main(String args[]) {
    Thread.currentThread().setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
    // Your main code.
}

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