Thread.sleep
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 public static native void sleep( long millis ) throws InterruptedException
Parameters
-  millis 
-  the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
    
Description
 Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease 
 execution) for the specified number of milliseconds. The thread 
 does not lose ownership of any monitors.
  
Exceptions
 InterruptedException
     if another thread has interrupted
               this thread.
    
See Also
     notify
  
 public static void sleep( long millis,
                          int nanos ) throws InterruptedException
Parameters
-  millis 
-  the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.
    
-  nanos 
-  0-999999 additional nanoseconds to sleep.
    
Description
 Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (cease execution) 
 for the specified number of milliseconds plus the specified number 
 of nanoseconds. The thread does not lose ownership of any monitors.
  
Exceptions
 IllegalArgumentException
     if the value of millis is negative
               or the value of nanos is not in the range 0-999999.
    
Exceptions
 InterruptedException
     if another thread has interrupted
               this thread.
    
See Also
     notify