Thread running sequence

[swati aole]

hi all..

I am trying this code:

class v extends Thread{
public void run() {
System.out.print("go ");
}
public static void main(String [] args){
try
{
Thread t1 = new v();
Thread t2 = (t1);
t1.start();
t2.start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{System.out.println(e);}
}
}


output

D:\>java v
java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException
go


I am confused from this output ... If we invoked start() again on the same Thread obj... it will throw IllegalThreadStateException.. but how come after the exception is thrown it is printing the "go"... the program should get terminated.
So if the firstly started thread gets the chance to run it should print "go " and then the exception or only the exception... how come it is printing a message from run() after an exception is thrown..???
please send some explanation..Thanks

[Vijitha Kumara]

First, the given order of the output may vary on different executions.

but how come after the exception is thrown it is printing the "go"... the program should get terminated.

The main method will terminate (where the exception occurs). But the Thread t1 runs independantly of the main method(rather main thread) .

[David Harkness]

The main thread catching the exception does indeed terminate the program. However, all that logic is happening in the main thread. Until the program actually terminates, the other thread is still active and running. This is one possible sequence of events:

1. Thread t1 starts
2. Second call to start() throws exception
3. Exception caught by main thread's run()
4. Thread t1's run() prints "go "
5. Main thread calls System.exit()