我给Java程序添加延迟的方法。

public void pause1(long sleeptime) {
    try {
        Thread.sleep(sleeptime);
    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
        //ToCatchOrNot
    }
}

public void pause2(long sleeptime) {
    Object obj = new Object();
    if (sleeptime > 0) {
        synchronized (obj) {
            try {
                obj.wait(sleeptime);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                //ToCatchOrNot
            }
        }
    }
}
public void pause3(long sleeptime) {
    expectedtime = System.currentTimeMillis() + sleeptime;
    while (System.currentTimeMillis() < expectedtime) {
        //Empty Loop   
    }
}

这是针对顺序延迟，但对于循环延迟，请参考Java延迟/等待。

正如其他用户所说的，你应该用try{…} catch{…}。但是自从Java 1.5发布以来，有了一个TimeUnit类，它的功能与Thread.sleep(millis)相同，但更方便。 您可以选择睡眠操作的时间单位。

try {
    TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.HOURS.sleep(100);
    TimeUnit.DAYS.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
    //Handle exception
}

它还有其他的方法: TimeUnit Oracle文档

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
  //type code


  short z=1000;
  Thread.sleep(z);/*will provide 1 second delay. alter data type of z or value of z for longer delays required */

  //type code
}

eg:-

class TypeCasting {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
    short f = 1;
    int a = 123687889;
    short b = 2;
    long c = 4567;
    long d=45;
    short z=1000;
    System.out.println("Value of a,b and c are\n" + a + "\n" + b + "\n" + c + "respectively");
    c = a;
    b = (short) c;
    System.out.println("Typecasting...........");
    Thread.sleep(z);
    System.out.println("Value of B after Typecasting" + b);
    System.out.println("Value of A is" + a);


  }
}

或者，如果你不想处理线程，试试这个方法:

public static void pause(int seconds){
    Date start = new Date();
    Date end = new Date();
    while(end.getTime() - start.getTime() < seconds * 1000){
        end = new Date();
    }
}

它在您调用它时开始，在秒数过去时结束。

试试这个:

try{

    Thread.sleep(100);
}catch(Exception e)
{
   System.out.println("Exception caught");
}

当使用Android(我唯一一次使用Java)时，我会建议使用处理程序而不是让线程进入睡眠状态。

final Handler handler = new Handler();
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Log.i(TAG, "I've waited for two hole seconds to show this!");

        }
    }, 2000);

参考:http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Handler.html