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the following code gives 1 as output
please is there any body can explin the logic and correct thinking pattern to get that answer

class B extends Thread {
B(){}
B(B a){}
public void run(){
System.out.println("1");
}
}


class A extends B {
A(){}
A(B a){}
public void run(){
System.out.println("2");

}

public static void main( String as[]){

Thread a =new B (new A());

a.start();


}
}
 
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Hi,

B extends Thread and A extends B. Hence, A IS-A B and B IS-A Thread. When you say: Thread a = new B(new A());, JVM chooses Object B at runtime and constructs a new B. Since B's constructor can take a 'B' Object and A IS-A B, therefore the run() method of B is called and the output is 1.
 
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Welcome to JavaRanch. Please use code tags when you post code.
 
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Asanka this is because the internal implementation of the run method in Thread class. The internal implementation of Thread class looks like this




So when you use this code


The run method of Thread class is called and it calls the run method of MyRunnable class.

But in you code the run method of B will be called and it doesn't calls the run method of A class. Infact, it wastes the Runnable passed to it as a parameter

B(B a)
{//does nothing}

This constructor declaration should have been like this

B(Runnable r)
{
super(r);
}
 
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