What is the setPriority() method?

February 28th, 2008 by uCertify Leave a reply »

The setPriority() method is a method of the Thread class. This method is used to change the priority of a thread. The general syntax of this method is as follows:

public final void setPriority(int p)

The p parameter specifies the priority of a thread.

If the specified priority is not within the MIN_PRIORITY to the MAX_PRIORITY range, then an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

The MIN_PRIORITY value defines the minimum priority. Its constant value is 1.

The MAX_PRIORITY value defines the maximum priority. Its constant value is 10.

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