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Foil 61 Introducing Threads

From Java Language in the Computer Science Curriculum ADMI Tutorial Duluth Minnesota -- June 3 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox
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 created 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(). mt.start ( );
  • Other methods may be called: Thread.sleep( ), Thread.yield( ), suspend( ), resume( ), stop( ), and join( ).

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