线程优先级是通过一个int 变量priority来控制的,优先级范围为1到10,可以通过setPriority(int)来设置,优先级默认为5。

以下是一个示例代码,

package thread;


 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;


 public class ThreadPriority {


     private static volatile boolean notStart = true;
     private static volatile boolean notEnd   = true;


     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         List<Job> jobs = new ArrayList<Job>();
         // 先给不同线程分别给一个不同的优先级并执行线程
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
             int priority = i < 5 ? Thread.MIN_PRIORITY : Thread.MAX_PRIORITY;
             Job job = new Job(priority);
             jobs.add(job);


             Thread thread = new Thread(job, "Thread:" + i);
             thread.setPriority(priority);// 设置优先级
             thread.start();
         }
         notStart = false;
         TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);


         notEnd = false;
         for (Job job : jobs) {
             System.out.println("Job priority:" + job.priority + " ,jobCount:" + job.jobCount);
         }
     }


     static class Job implements Runnable {


         // 线程优先级
         private int  priority;
         private long jobCount;


         // 设置优先级
         public Job(int priority) {
             this.priority = priority;
         }


         @Override
         public void run() {
             while (notStart) {// 如果线程是开着的,
                 /**
                  * Causes the currently executing thread object to temporarily pause and allow other threads to execute.
                  */
                 Thread.yield();// 那么先停下来,让其他线程执行
             }
             while (notEnd) {
                 Thread.yield();
                 jobCount++;
             }
         }
     }


 }

打印出

Job priority:1 ,jobCount:2847305
Job priority:1 ,jobCount:1
Job priority:1 ,jobCount:16654503
Job priority:1 ,jobCount:9022916
Job priority:1 ,jobCount:2847155
Job priority:10 ,jobCount:9517759
Job priority:10 ,jobCount:11989979
Job priority:10 ,jobCount:9069022
Job priority:10 ,jobCount:24185755
Job priority:10 ,jobCount:9519740

由此可以看出,线程的优先级没有生效,很多优先级1和优先级10的job的技术结果并非常相近,没有明显差异,这表示程序正确性不能依赖线程的优先级的高低