Example: Starting a thread using a Java program

/*
FileName: ATEST11.java
 
The output of this example is as follows:
 Entered the testcase
 Create a thread with parameters
 Start the thread
 Wait for the thread to complete
 Thread Parameters: 42 is the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything"
 Testcase completed
*/
import java.lang.*;
 
 
public class ATEST11 {
 
   static class theThread extends Thread {
      int               threadParm1;
      String            threadParm2;
 
      public theThread(int i, String s) {
         threadParm1 = i;
         threadParm2 = s;
      }
      public void run() {
         System.out.print("Thread Parameters: " + String.valueOf(threadParm1) +
                          " is the answer to \"" + threadParm2 + "\"\n");
      }
   }
 
   public static void main(String argv[]) {
      System.out.print("Entered the testcase\n");
 
      System.out.print("Create a thread with parameters\n");
      theThread t = new theThread(42, "Life, the Universe and Everything");
 
      System.out.print("Start the thread\n");
      t.start();
 
      System.out.print("Wait for the thread to complete\n");
      try {
         t.join();
      }
      catch (InterruptedException e) {
         System.out.print("Join interrupted\n");
      }
 
      System.out.print("Testcase completed\nj");
      System.exit(0);
   }
 
}