From Java Tutorial 98- 4: Multi-Treading, Useful Java Classes, I/O and Networking NAVO Tutorial -- Sept 23 1998. byGeoffrey C. Fox, Nancy McCracken
One way to create threads is to write a separate class that subclasses the Thread class.
The main line of execution is put in a method called run(), which overrides the method of the same name from the Thread class.
Instances of this subclass are instantiated like this:
MyThread mt = new MyThread( );
Thread control:
When the thread is created, it does not automatically start running. The class that creates it must call the Thread method start().
Other methods may be called: Thread.sleep( ), Thread.yield( ), suspend( ), resume( ), stop( ), and join( ). (Note that sleep( ) and yield( ) are static methods.)
