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Foil 26 Introduction to Threads

From Introductory Lectures on Java -- An Overview Mixing Code and Comments Trip to China and Icase Tutorial -- July 12-28 and June 10-13 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 A thread is a single sequential flow of control within a process.
2 If a process has more than one thread, then each thread executes concurrently.
3 Any Java applet which has extensive execution or loops to repaint the window must run as a concurrent thread with the browser window.
4 To make an applet with a thread, which is almost always recommended:
  • Change your applet definition to add "implements Runnable", the interface for threads.
  • Include an instance variable for the thread of your applet.
  • Have a start() method which creates a thread and starts it running and a stop() method which stops it running.
  • Have a run() method containing the body of your applet code.

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