Java tutorial
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { PrintTask task1 = new PrintTask("thread1"); PrintTask task2 = new PrintTask("thread2"); PrintTask task3 = new PrintTask("thread3"); System.out.println("Starting threads"); ExecutorService threadExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(); // start threads and place in runnable state threadExecutor.execute(task1); // start task1 threadExecutor.execute(task2); // start task2 threadExecutor.execute(task3); // start task3 threadExecutor.shutdown(); // shutdown worker threads System.out.println("Threads started, main ends\n"); } } class PrintTask implements Runnable { private int sleepTime; private String threadName; public PrintTask(String name) { threadName = name; sleepTime = 1000; } public void run() { try { System.out.printf("%s going to sleep for %d milliseconds.\n", threadName, sleepTime); Thread.sleep(sleepTime); // put thread to sleep } catch (InterruptedException exception) { exception.printStackTrace(); } System.out.printf("%s done sleeping\n", threadName); } }