Multi-Threading - Concurrent & Parallel Programming in Java PDF

MULTI-THREADING - CONCURRENT & PARALLEL PROGRAMMING IN JAVA ADVANCED OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING HARI KIRAN VEGE K L UNIVERSITY Multi-Threading, Concurrent & Parallel Programming in Java What are the two different ways of invoking threads...

MULTI-THREADING - CONCURRENT & PARALLEL PROGRAMMING IN JAVA ADVANCED OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING HARI KIRAN VEGE K L UNIVERSITY Multi-Threading, Concurrent & Parallel Programming in Java What are the two different ways of invoking threads and which among them is a better procedure. Multithreading in Java is a process of executing multiple threads simultaneously. A thread is a lightweight sub-process, the smallest unit of processing. It enables you to perform complex tasks in the background without interrupting the main application's flow. Java provides two ways to create a thread: 1. By extending the Thread class 2. By implementing the Runnable interface Example Explanation Let's consider a simple example where we have two tasks to be performed: printing numbers from 1 to 5 and printing letters from 'a' to 'e'. We will create two threads to perform these tasks simultaneously. 1. Using the Thread Class To create a thread by extending the Thread class, you define a class that extends Thread and override its run() method. Then you create an instance of your class and call its start() method to begin executing the thread. class NumberThread extends Thread { public void run() { for (int i = 1; i