What does this thread join code mean?

Question

Can anyone help me to understand the below code for join and break. I didn't get the part for Join() and break.

Thread t1 = new Thread(new EventThread("e1"));

t1.start();

Thread t2 = new Thread(new EventThread("e2"));

t2.start();

while (true) {

   try {

      t1.join();

      t2.join();

      break;

   } catch (InterruptedException e) {

      e.printStackTrace();

   }

}

Answer 1

Basically, the main thread created the threads t1 and t2 and they are started running in parallel. Whereas, t1.join() will wait for the thread t1 to finish, when it finished t1.join() will return the main thread. Similarly, with the t2 thread also.

I hope this will help.

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