Java: Beginner Guide to Multithreading

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Multithreading is a concept of applying multitasking in Java.

Java supports thread-based multitasking.

Java program can be divided into several threads and those threads can be executed in parallel to support multi-tasking.
Two ways to create a thread in Java:

1. By Implementing Runnable Interface
2. By extending the Thread class
Let's create a thread by implementing the "Runnable" interface:

Steps:
1. Implement Runnable Interface
2. Override the run() method, and put your code inside it.
3. Pass the instance of your class to the Thread class constructor.
4. Call the start() method to run your thread.
Let's create a thread by extending the "Thread" class:

Steps:
1. Extend your class with Thread class
2. Override the run() method, and put your code inside it.
3. Instantiate your class.
4. Call the start() method to run your thread.
Out of the above approaches, it is always advisable to use the first approach(By implementing a Runnable Interface) to create the threads in Java.

Because it's an Interface, you can also extend other classes in the future and also implement other interfaces.
Lifecycle of thread:

It has 5 different phases in its lifecycle:
1. New
2. Runnable
3. Running
4. Waiting
5. Dead
Few Important Methods of Thread Class:

run() - Actual task of the thread is defined here.
start() - Starts the thread
join() - Wait for thread to die.
setName() - Give name to our thread.
getName() - Returns the thread name.
setPriority() - Sets the priority to thread.
getPriority() - Returns the priority.
getState() - Returns the state of thread.
isAlive() - checks if thread is alive or not

and a few more...
Conclusion:

We can use Multithreading in order to boost the performance of our program.

If our program has independent units, we can run those independent code blocks into a separate thread.

They can run parallel and process faster than normal.

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Once upon a time there was a Raja named Uttānapāda born of Svayambhuva Manu,1st man on earth.He had 2 beautiful wives - Suniti & Suruchi & two sons were born of them Dhruva & Uttama respectively.
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Now Suniti was the daughter of a tribal chief while Suruchi was the daughter of a rich king. Hence Suruchi was always favored the most by Raja while Suniti was ignored. But while Suniti was gentle & kind hearted by nature Suruchi was venomous inside.
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The story is of a time when ideally the eldest son of the king becomes the heir to the throne. Hence the sinhasan of the Raja belonged to Dhruva.This is why Suruchi who was the 2nd wife nourished poison in her heart for Dhruva as she knew her son will never get the throne.


One day when Dhruva was just 5 years old he went on to sit on his father's lap. Suruchi, the jealous queen, got enraged and shoved him away from Raja as she never wanted Raja to shower Dhruva with his fatherly affection.


Dhruva protested questioning his step mother "why can't i sit on my own father's lap?" A furious Suruchi berated him saying "only God can allow him that privilege. Go ask him"