JAVA: Static Nested Class and Normal Nested Class (Inner Class) example code

 

   1: package general_threadCreation;

   2:  

   3: public class CreateThread_RunnableTest 

   4: {    

   5:     // Static Nested Class

   6:     public static class MyRunnableStatic implements Runnable

   7:     {

   8:         private int runnableIdx = -1;

   9:         

  10:         public MyRunnableStatic(int p_runnableIdx)

  11:         {

  12:             this.runnableIdx = p_runnableIdx;

  13:         }

  14:  

  15:         @Override

  16:         public void run() 

  17:         {

  18:             int i = 0; 

  19:             while(true)

  20:             {

  21:                 System.out.println("Static Runnable " + this.runnableIdx + ": " + i);

  22:                 i++;

  23:             }

  24:         }        

  25:     }

  26:     

  27:     // Nested Class (Inner Class)

  28:     public class MyRunnableInner implements Runnable

  29:     {

  30:         private int runnableIdx = -1;

  31:         

  32:         public MyRunnableInner(int p_runnableIdx)

  33:         {

  34:             this.runnableIdx = p_runnableIdx;

  35:         }

  36:  

  37:         @Override

  38:         public void run() 

  39:         {

  40:             int i = 0; 

  41:             while(true)

  42:             {

  43:                 System.out.println("Inner Runnable " + this.runnableIdx + ": " + i);

  44:                 i++;

  45:             }

  46:         }        

  47:     }

  48:     

  49:     

  50:     public static void main(String[] args)

  51:     {        

  52:         // ---- Use the normal nested class (inner class)

  53:         CreateThread_RunnableTest.MyRunnableInner myRunnableInner 

  54:             = new CreateThread_RunnableTest().new MyRunnableInner(1);

  55:         //myRunnableInner.run(); // Not parallel if not putting it into a thread

  56:         Thread myRunnableInnerThread = new Thread(myRunnableInner);

  57:         myRunnableInnerThread.start();

  58:         

  59:         // ---- Use the static nested class

  60:         MyRunnableStatic myRunnableStatic = new MyRunnableStatic(2);

  61:         //myRunnableStatic.run(); //Not parallel if not putting it into a thread

  62:         Thread myRunnableStaticThread = new Thread(myRunnableStatic);

  63:         myRunnableStaticThread.start();

  64:     }

  65:  

  66: }

  67: