Pattukkottai Arun

• Jul 21st, 2005

 

When a task invokes its yield() method, it returns to the ready state. When a task invokes its sleep() method, it returns to the waiting state.  

Sumeeth R Tewar

• Jul 12th, 2006

 

yield() is used on a thread object to relinquish resources allocated to it.

and sleep() is used to take a thread in a waiting state for the specified time in milliseconds.