An Introduction to Threads

A presentation about threads in Java. It is quite a brief presentation of about 12 pages with 2 slides on each page but it is very clear and easy to read and understand. I would probably recommend reading/downloading this slide if you have already about threads and want something to help you recap the main points in preparation for the SCJP Java 5 exam

I have found some other resources on threads if you are wanting more information.

http://hoskinator.blogspot.com/2006/05/threads-some-resources-on-threads-and.html

http://hoskinator.blogspot.com/2006/05/scjp-toughest-topic-threads-and.html

I have heard from people who have done the exam that there is quite a few thread questions and there are often the more difficult questions on the exam, here is the link to the PDF presentation

http://www.se.rit.edu/~jrv/courses/CS3/Threads.pdf

The slide covers this topics under the title "What You Need to Know about Threads"

1. What code does a thread execute?

2. What state can a thread be in?

3. How does a thread change its state?

4. How does synchronization work?

Even if you aren't studying for the SCJP 5 Exam this is quite a good introduction to threads because it covers all the basic points and even has a few thread code examples. It's basically a tutorial on threads without the waffle, which is why I thought it was good for some SCJP 5 Thread revision.