public class JoinDemo extends Thread{
    int i;
    Thread previousThread; //上一个线程
    public JoinDemo(Thread previousThread,int i){
        this.previousThread=previousThread;
        this.i=i;
    }
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
          //调用上一个线程的join方法，大家可以自己演示的时候可以把这行代码注释掉
            previousThread.join(); 
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("num:"+i);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread previousThread=Thread.currentThread();
        for(int i=0;i<10;i++){
            JoinDemo joinDemo=new JoinDemo(previousThread,i);
            joinDemo.start();
            previousThread=joinDemo;
        }
    }
}

public class Thread implements Runnable {
    ...
    public final void join() throws InterruptedException {
        join(0);
    }
    ...
    public final synchronized void join(long millis) throws InterruptedException {
        long base = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long now = 0;
        if (millis < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("timeout value is negative");
        }
        if (millis == 0) { //判断是否携带阻塞的超时时间，等于0表示没有设置超时时间
            while (isAlive()) {//isAlive获取线程状态，无线等待直到previousThread线程结束
                wait(0); //调用Object中的wait方法实现线程的阻塞
            }
        } else { //阻塞直到超时
            while (isAlive()) { 
                long delay = millis - now;
                if (delay <= 0) {
                    break;
                }
                wait(delay);
                now = System.currentTimeMillis() - base;
            }
        }
    }
    ...

void JavaThread::exit(bool destroy_vm, ExitType exit_type) {
  assert(this == JavaThread::current(),  "thread consistency check");
  ...
  // Notify waiters on thread object. This has to be done after exit() is called
  // on the thread (if the thread is the last thread in a daemon ThreadGroup the
  // group should have the destroyed bit set before waiters are notified).
  ensure_join(this); 
  assert(!this->has_pending_exception(), "ensure_join should have cleared");
  ...

static void ensure_join(JavaThread* thread) {
  // We do not need to grap the Threads_lock, since we are operating on ourself.
  Handle threadObj(thread, thread->threadObj());
  assert(threadObj.not_null(), "java thread object must exist");
  ObjectLocker lock(threadObj, thread);
  // Ignore pending exception (ThreadDeath), since we are exiting anyway
  thread->clear_pending_exception();
  // Thread is exiting. So set thread_status field in  java.lang.Thread class to TERMINATED.
  java_lang_Thread::set_thread_status(threadObj(), java_lang_Thread::TERMINATED);
  // Clear the native thread instance - this makes isAlive return false and allows the join()
  // to complete once we\'ve done the notify_all below
  //这里是清除native线程，这个操作会导致isAlive()方法返回false
  java_lang_Thread::set_thread(threadObj(), NULL);
  lock.notify_all(thread);//注意这里
  // Ignore pending exception (ThreadDeath), since we are exiting anyway
  thread->clear_pending_exception();
}

public void joinDemo(){
   //....
   Thread t=new Thread(payService);
   t.start();
   //.... 
   //其他业务逻辑处理,不需要确定t线程是否执行完
   insertData();
   //后续的处理，需要依赖t线程的执行结果，可以在这里调用join方法等待t线程执行结束
   t.join();
}