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§1.63 Interface Runnable

 
public interface java.lang.Runnable
{
    public abstract void run();	§1.63.1
}
A class implements the Runnable interface to indicate that its instances are intended to be executed by a thread. All that is re

The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread (§1.19). The class must define a method of no arguments called run.

See Also:
Thread (§1.19)

Methods

run 
public abstract void run()




When an object implementing interface Runnable is used to create a 
thread, starting the thread causes the object’s run method to be called in 
that separately executing thread.





See Also:



run() in class Thread (§1.19.30)











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