rendered paste bodypublic class tester { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { test1 t = new test1(); t.start(); System.out.println("bbb"); t.notify(); }}class test1 extends Thread{ public void run() { try{ while( true ) { synchronized (this) { System.out.println("a"); wait(1000); } } } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("c"); return; } }}////////// OUTPUT: //////////////Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateExceptionbbba at java.lang.Object.notify(Native Method) at tester.main(tester.java:9)aaaaaa(Kept outputting 'a's until I manually interrupted it [from the keyboard, that is].)