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question of threads from Dan's mock

 
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This is a question on Dan's new mock:

As a result, it prints "A".
But I can't figure out why!
If I don't have the class MyThread and used Thread instead, the result would be "B".
Does the run() method of a subclass of Thread have priority over the run() of the runnable passed as target to it?
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In the example given the run method is being over-ridden. The original run method in Thread calls the run method of the Runnable interface if the thread is passed a Runnable object.
In this case the over-riding method changes the behaviour of the run method. It simply prints "A" and never calls the run method of the Runnable interface.
As a result at run time the over-ridden run method is called and prints A.
 
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Here is the run method of the Thread class.

If this method is overridden, target.run() will not be invoked. The run() method of the Runnable object will not be executed.
 
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