According to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.State.html calling wait() will result a thread to go in BLOCKED state. However this piece of code will result (after being called) in a Thread in WAITING State.

class bThread extends Thread {
    public synchronized void run() {
        try {
            wait();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

Have I got something wrong? Can anybody explain this behaviour to me? Any help would be appreciated!