Diffrence between calling the run() method.

[Praveen Kumar]

Hi

If you extend any thread class , we should override the run method.

We can call that run method by using obj.start() or obj.run().

Just i want to know difference between them .

Is that start() method will create new Thread () ?

[Joanne Neal]

Yes. If you call the run method directly then it will be executed by the current thread. By calling start, a new thread is created and run is executed by that thread.

[Peter Chase]

Actually, calling start does not create a new Thread, but it does create a new thread.

Remember that Java is case-sensitive.

[Rob Spoor]

As said before, the difference is that start() will execute the run() method on a new thread, and run() will execute on the current thread.

This is a real stinker in examination; run() is called but the question lets you think that start() is called instead.