class ThreadDemo extends Thread { private Thread t; private String threadName; ThreadDemo(String name) { threadName = name; System.out.println("Creating " + threadName); } @Override public void run() { System.out.println("Running " + threadName); try { for (int i = 4; i > 0; i--) { System.out.println("Thread: " + threadName + ", " + i); // Let the thread sleep for a while. Thread.sleep(50); } } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Thread " + threadName + " interrupted."); // Restore interrupted state... Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); } System.out.println("Thread " + threadName + " exiting."); } @Override public synchronized void start() { System.out.println("Starting " + threadName); if (t == null) { t = new Thread(this, threadName); t.start(); } } } public class MultithreadingByExtending { public static void main(String[] args) { ThreadDemo t1 = new ThreadDemo("Thread-1"); t1.start(); ThreadDemo t2 = new ThreadDemo("Thread-2"); t2.start(); } }