Doubt regarding start() method of Thread class

[Mansukhdeep Thind]

Hi

I read that we need to call start() method on a Thread object to make it a thread of execution. How does start() method internally handle the call to run()? Why is the start() method there at all? I mean we could have directly started the thread by saying t.run(). Why a separate method to start() which then calls run()?

[Anayonkar Shivalkar]

Well, the simple answer is:
If you call run method, you are just invoking a method on an object within the same thread. No new thread is created.

However, when you call start method, a new system level thread is created, proper context (a separate stack etc.) is set, and that thread is further executed concurrently (here, run method is invoked by thread manager).

[Mansukhdeep Thind]

Thank you.