A thread is a flow of execution through the process code.Multithreading is a feature of Java language which allows concurrent execution of two or more parts of a program for maximum utilization of CPU. Each part of such program is called a thread. So, threads are light-weight processes within a process.
Threads can be created by using two mechanisms :
Extending the Thread class
Implementing the Runnable Interface
package javaapplication1;
public class JavaApplication1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
t1 t = new t1();
t.start();
t2 tt = new t2();
tt.start();
t3 ttt = new t3();
ttt.start();
}
}
public class t1 extends Thread {
public void run()
{
for(int i=1;i<101;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n " +i);
}
}
}
public class t2 extends Thread {
public void run()
{
for(int i=101;i<201;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n " +i);
}
}
}
public class t3 extends Thread {
public void run()
{
for(int i=201;i<301;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n " +i);
}
}
}
package javaapplication1;
public class JavaApplication1 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
t11 t = new t11();
Thread th = new Thread(t);
th.start();
t2 tt = new t2();
tt.start();
try
{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.print(e.toString());
}
t3 ttt = new t3();
ttt.start();
}
}
public class t11 implements Runnable {
public void run()
{
for(int i=1;i<101;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n"+i);
}
}
}
public class t2 extends Thread {
public void run()
{
for(int i=101;i<201;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n " +i);
}
}
}
public class t3 extends Thread {
public void run()
{
for(int i=201;i<301;i++)
{
System.out.print("\n " +i);
}
}
}