Passing values to different thread

Question

how to pass value to diffent threads?
this code dosen't work. the only path that was processed is the "sDirList[1]="//10.81.86.55/ANC_DATA$/";"
public static void main(String[] args){
        sDirList[0]="//10.81.86.55/LOG_FIT$/";
        sDirList[1]="//10.81.86.55/ANC_DATA$/";
         setIndex(0);
         (new Thread(new ListFile())).start();
         setIndex(1);
         (new Thread(new ListFile())).start();
class ListFile() extends thread{
private int ndx=0;
public setIndex(int i){
  ndx=1
//open path with the current index
}

Answer 1

If you two threads are sharing variables, then they must be declared as 'volatile'. If you use volatile, then the variables will be stored in main memory, rather in thread specific memory. That means adding volatile keyword should solve the issue.