Feb 12, 2009 · Runnable: When implementing interface Runnable it means you are creating something which is run able in a different thread. Now creating something which can run inside a thread (runnable inside a thread), doesn't mean to creating a Thread. So the class MyRunnable is nothing but a ordinary class with a void run method.

Oct 19, 2012 · In terms of functionality, there is no difference between implementing Runnable interface or extending Thread class. But there might be situations that implementing Runnable interface could be preferred. Think of the case that your class has to inherit from some other class and also it should show thread functionality.

Mar 18, 2013 · (When extending Thread class each of the threads creates unique object and associate with it, but when implementing Runnable, it shares the same object to multiple Threads). If your class is Implementing the Runnable interface then you only override the run() .So this instance creates a separate Thread and every individual Thread runs ...

Sep 2, 2011 · Implement the interface java.lang.Runnable and pass an instance of the class implementing it to the Thread constructor. Extend Thread itself and override its run() method. The first approach (implementing Runnable ) is usually considered the more correct approach because you don't usually create a new "kind" of Thread, but simply want to run ...

May 22, 2012 · in this program two sleep methods are used of deifferent time..,,, so if main thread run time then child thread have to run 2 time.but it runs one time only....it we take the concept of runnable or running state....then when main thread end,then 2 child threads will be in ready state then why only one child thread runs.

Jun 10, 2017 · By choosing to implement Runnable, you make no demands of what the lineage of the implementer is, and you can use powerful abstractions like the ExecutorService to abstract away the nuts and bolts of running a chunk of code. Finally, preferring to implement an interface rather than extend a class is a good practice!

Oct 20, 2014 · 1.) How to work with a Thread in Java? The answer of Fizer Khan is an example of this. 2.) How do static methods work in java? If you have a static method you are, in a maner of speaking, on a "static layer". You have no "this" reference because there is …

May 17, 2012 · How to stop a thread created by implementing runnable interface? There are many ways that you can stop a thread but all of them take specific code to do so. A typical way to stop a thread is to have a volatile boolean shutdown field that the thread checks every so often: // set this to true to stop the thread volatile boolean shutdown = false; ...

Nov 11, 2012 · A Runnable is basically a type of class (Runnable is an Interface) that can be put into a thread, describing what the thread is supposed to do. The Runnable Interface requires of the class to implement the method run() like so: public class MyRunnableTask implements Runnable { public void run() { // do stuff here } }

In method one it will just work like a method as Runnable interface implementing and calling it,but there will be no background thread created. The fact is when we call start method it causes the corrosponding thread to begin execution, the Java Virtual Machine calls the run method of this thread internally .