why a call to super here

[ima clark]

public class ThreadTest  {
  public static void main(String[]args){
    PrintThread pt = new PrintThread ( "hello thread" );
    pt.start();
 }
}
class PrintThread extends Thread{
  private int sleepTime;
  public PrintThread( String name ){
    super( name );
    sleepTime = (int) (Math.random() * 50);
    System.out.println(getName());
  }
public void run(){
  try{
    System.out.println(getName());
    Thread.sleep( sleepTime );
    }
    catch (InterruptedException e){
    System.out.println(e.toString());
    }
}
}

why is there a call to super(name)?

[Thomas Paul]

That will invoke the Thread constructor that takes a string parameter. That assigns a name to the Thread object.