[BAEL-820] Difference between wait() and sleep() in Java

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/sleepwait/ThreadA.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.sleepwait;
+
+/***
+ * Example of waking up a waiting thread
+ */
+public class ThreadA {
+    private static final ThreadB b = new ThreadB();
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws InterruptedException {
+        b.start();
+
+        synchronized (b) {
+            while (b.sum == 0) {
+                System.out.println("Waiting for ThreadB to complete...");
+                b.wait();
+            }
+
+            System.out.println("ThreadB has completed. Sum from that thread is: " + b.sum);
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/sleepwait/ThreadB.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.sleepwait;
+
+/***
+ * Example of waking up a waiting thread
+ */
+class ThreadB extends Thread {
+    int sum;
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        synchronized (this) {
+            int i = 0;
+            while (i < 100000) {
+                sum += i;
+                i++;
+            }
+            notify();
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/sleepwait/WaitSleepExample.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.sleepwait;
+
+/***
+ * Example of wait() and sleep() methods
+ */
+public class WaitSleepExample {
+    private static final Object LOCK = new Object();
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws InterruptedException {
+        sleepWaitInSyncronizedBlocks();
+    }
+
+    private static void sleepWaitInSyncronizedBlocks() throws InterruptedException {
+        Thread.sleep(1000); // called on the thread
+        System.out.println("Thread '" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "' is woken after sleeping for 1 second");
+
+        synchronized (LOCK) {
+            LOCK.wait(1000); // called on the object, synchronization required
+            System.out.println("Object '" + LOCK + "' is woken after waiting for 1 second");
+        }
+    }
+
+}