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Hi all,
Can anyone explain the flow of the below code. I'm really confused. Your help will be appreciated.

class NewThread implements Runnable
{
Thread t;
NewThread()
{
t = new Thread(this, "Demo Thread");
System.out.println("Child Thread: " + t);
t.start();
}

public void run()
{
try
{
for(int i=5;i>0;i--)
{
System.out.println("Child Thread: " + i);
Thread.sleep(500);
}
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
System.out.println("Child interrupyed.");
}
System.out.println("Exiting child thread");
}
}

class ThreadDemo1
{
public static void main(String s[])
{
new NewThread();
try
{
for(int i=5;i>0;i--)
{
System.out.println("Main Thread: " + i);
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
System.out.println("Child interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("Main thread exiting");
}
}
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Here is the output
------------------------------
Child Thread: Thread[Demo Thread,5,main]
Main Thread: 5
Child Thread: 5
Child Thread: 4
Main Thread: 4
Child Thread: 3
Child Thread: 2
Main Thread: 3
Child Thread: 1
Exiting child thread
Main Thread: 2
Main Thread: 1
Main thread exiting

Thanks,
-Lalitha
 
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Um ... explain what? Does the code not do what you were expecting it to do? Then you should describe what you were expecting.
 
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Hi Ulf,
Actually I got little confused at line t.start(). I thought as soon as we call the start() method the run() will get executed. But now its clear that calling start() would actually put the thread in run mode and it depends on the JVM when to execute run().

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

-Lalitha
 
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Originally posted by Lalitha Vydyula:
...now its clear that calling start() would actually put the thread in run mode and it depends on the JVM when to execute run()...


Well, calling start makes the thread eligible to run, and it's up to the thread scheduler to call the run method.

See responses to your duplicate post:
https://coderanch.com/t/400429/java/java/Threads
[ August 03, 2005: Message edited by: marc weber ]
 
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Thanks Marc and Marilyn for your replies.
 
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