start() and run()

[Ankur kothari]

 public class Start extends Thread
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Start s=new Start();
s.start();
}
public void run()
{
System.out.println("run");
}
public void start()
{
System.out.println("start");
}
}   

this prints me start.....am i not starting a thread here?

but when i remove the start() the output is run.........why?

[Henry Wong]

Ankur kothari wrote:
this prints me start.....am i not starting a thread here?

Starting a new thread is done by the start() method. In your example, you overridden the start() method to do something else -- so you are no longer starting a new thread.

Ankur kothari wrote:
but when i remove the start() the output is run.........why?

When you no longer override the start() method -- it will start a new thread which will call your run() method.

Henry