线程总是由操作系统占有和管理，一个新线程的创建和启动只能由操作系统来负责管理。故不能直接调用该线程的run方法，若如此，则不会创建新的线程和启动该线程，而是和其它类对象一样，那么应该怎样正确启动线程呢?调用线程对象的start方法。当调用Thread对象的start方法时，就会调用一个本地的代码，该代码负责是操作系统初始化一个新的线程，并由这个线程类执行Thread对象的run方法。
创建一个线程有两种方式：其一是继承Thread类并重载run方法;其二是实现Runnable接口。
第一种方法的代码如下：
import Java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class ThreadTest {
/**
* Method main
*
*
* @param args
*
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create three threads
CustomThread first=new CustomThread("Hopalong ","Cassidy ",200l);
CustomThread second=new CustomThread("Marilyn ","Monroe ",300l);
CustomThread third=new CustomThread("Slim ","Pickens ",500l);
System.out.println("Press Enter when you hava had enought...");
first.start();
second.start();
third.start();
try{
System.in.read();// Wait until Enter key pressed
System.out.println("Enter pressed...");
}
catch(IOException e){// Handle IO Exception
System.out.println(e );// Output the exception
}
System.out.println("Ending main()...");
return;
}
// Inner class
private static class CustomThread extends Thread{
// Constructor
public CustomThread(String firstName,String secondName,long aWhile){
this.firstName=firstName;
this.secondName=secondName;
this.aWhile=aWhile;
this.setDaemon(true);
}
// override run method
public void run(){
try{
while(true){
sp; System.out.println(this.firstName);
this.sleep(aWhile);
System.out.println(this.secondName);
}
}
catch(InterruptedException e){
System.out.println(firstName+secondName+e);
}
}
// Constants and Variables
private String firstName;
private String secondName;
private long aWhile;
}
}
第二种创建线程的方法代码如下：
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class ThreadTest1 {
/**
* Method main
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create three threads
Thread first=new Thread(new CustomThread("Hopalong ","Cassidy ",200l));
Thread second=new Thread(new CustomThread("Marilyn ","Monroe ",300l));
Thread third=new Thread(new CustomThread("Slim ","Pickens ",500l));
System.out.println("Press Enter when you hava had enought...");
first.setDaemon(true);
second.setDaemon(true);
third.setDaemon(true);
first.start();
second.start();
third.start();
try{
System.in.read();// Wait until Enter key pressed
System.out.println("Enter pressed...");
}
catch(IOException e){// Handle IO Exception
System.out.println(e );// Output the exception
}
System.out.println("Ending main()...");
return;
}
// Inner class
Private static class CustomThread implements Runnable{
// Constructor
public CustomThread(String firstName,String secondName,long aWhile){
this.firstName=firstName;
this.secondName=secondName;
this.aWhile=aWhile;
}
// override run method
public void run(){
try{
while(true){
System.out.println(this.firstName);
Thread.sleep(aWhile);
System.out.println(this.secondName);
}
}
catch(InterruptedException e){
System.out.println(firstName+secondName+e);
}
}
// Constants and Variables
private String firstName;
private String secondName;
private long aWhile;
}
}
