Java Programming by Pearson

310 • Java Programming

extend or inherit from a single parent class. The Thread class is defi ned in the package java.

lang . The Thread class has a number of methods, a class can use, but the most important method

is the run method which must be overridden to make the thread running. Thus, run() is the code

that will be executed ‘simultaneously’ with the other threads in a program. Its simple syntax is as

follows:

public void run()

{

..............

..............

}

2. The second method is to implement Runnable interface, which is the frequently used method

for implementing threads in the programs. The interface has just one method ...