Creating Threads

Thread class and Runnable interface

Threads can be created using Thread class or Runnable interface.

Code Examples

Extending Thread

java

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2class MyThread extends Thread {
3    public void run() {
4        System.out.println("Thread running");
5    }
6}
7new MyThread().start();
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Using Runnable (preferred)

java

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2Runnable r = () -> System.out.println("Runnable thread");
3new Thread(r).start();
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