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In this way, can we call thread run method directly?

No, you can not directly call run method to start a thread. You need to call start method to create a new thread. If you call run method directly , it won't create a new thread and it will be in same stack as main. As you can see when we are directly calling run method, it is not creating new threads.

what is difference between thread start and thread run? In Summary only difference between start() and run() method in Thread is that start creates new thread while run doesn't create any thread and simply execute in current thread like a normal method call.

Also know, what is join in thread?

Joining Threads in Java. java. Thread class provides the join() method which allows one thread to wait until another thread completes its execution. If t is a Thread object whose thread is currently executing, then t. join() will make sure that t is terminated before the next instruction is executed by the program.

What is thread start?

The start() method of thread class is used to begin the execution of thread. The result of this method is two threads that are running concurrently: the current thread (which returns from the call to the start method) and the other thread (which executes its run method).