ResilientSpring · ResilientSpring · Oct 6, 2023 · Oct 6, 2023 · Oct 6, 2023 · Oct 6, 2023
diff --git a/Chapter11/Creating_a_Thread_annotated.java b/Chapter11/Creating_a_Thread_annotated.java
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-// To create a new thread, your program will either extend Thread or implement the Runnable interface.
+// Java defines two ways in which you can create a runnable object:
+// You can implement the Runnable interface or you can extend the Thread class.
 class MyThread202310 implements Runnable{
+
+	String thread_nameString;
+
+	public MyThread202310(String thread_nameString) {
+
+		this.thread_nameString = thread_nameString;
+
+	}

+	// Inside run(), you can write some code that constitutes a thread. main() is a thread, too.
 	public void run() {

+		System.out.println(thread_nameString + " starting.");

 	}

@@ -15,10 +26,12 @@ public class Creating_a_Thread_annotated {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		System.out.println("Main thread starting.");

-		// To create another thread from within the main thread, construct a MyThread object first.
-
+		// Create a runnable object. MyThread202310's object is runnable because it has run() method.
+		MyThread202310 myThread202310 = new MyThread202310("Child #1");

-		Thread newtThread = new Thread();
+		// You create a thread by instantiating an object of type Thread whose constructor encapsulates an object
+		// that is runnable.
+		Thread newtThread = new Thread(myThread202310);
 //		newtThread.setContextClassLoader(myThread2023);

 	}