Inline thread

[Grishma Dube]

Hi,

Whats the advantages of having inline thread over thread created by extending or implementing thread.

In what scenario we will need inline thread.

Thanks,
Grishma

[Henry Wong]

Please elaborate on what you mean by "inline thread", as that is not a standard term.

Henry

[Grishma Dube]

Inline thread is when you create a thread without extending Thread class or implementing runnable interface...

new Thread(){
public void run(){
// do stuff
}}.start();

I know it works this way, but not able able to understand the use of it.

[Paul Clapham]

That's called an "anonymous inner class", and your example shows an anonymous inner class which does in fact extend the Thread class. I'm not sure what you question is about this class, though.

[Henry Wong]

Paul Clapham wrote:That's called an "anonymous inner class", and your example shows an anonymous inner class which does in fact extend the Thread class. I'm not sure what you question is about this class, though.

Well, since the premise of the question assumes that an "inline thread" doesn't actually extend the Thread class -- which it actually does -- I think that this topic is now likely moot.

Henry