A simple thread

For example, the following program launches a single BytePrinter thread:

public class ThreadTest {

  public static void main(String args[])	{

    System.out.println("Constructing the thread...");
    BytePrinter bp = new BytePrinter();
    System.out.println("Starting the thread...");
    bp.start();
    System.out.println("The thread has been started.");
    System.out.println("The main() method is finishing.");
    return;
    
  }

}

Here's some sample output:

% java ThreadTest
Constructing the thread...
Starting the thread...
The thread has been started.
The main() method is finishing.
-128
-127
-126
-125
-124
-123
-122
-121
-120

Of course this continues for a couple hundred more lines.

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Last Modified July 11, 1998
Copyright 1997 Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@metalab.unc.edu