// concurrency/SelfManaged.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information. // A Runnable containing its own driver Thread. public class SelfManaged implements Runnable { private int countDown = 5; private Thread t = new Thread(this); public SelfManaged() { t.start(); } @Override public String toString() { return Thread.currentThread().getName() + "(" + countDown + "), "; } @Override public void run() { while(true) { System.out.print(this); if(--countDown == 0) return; } } public static void main(String[] args) { for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) new SelfManaged(); } } /* Output: Thread-0(5), Thread-4(5), Thread-3(5), Thread-1(5), Thread-2(5), Thread-2(4), Thread-2(3), Thread-1(4), Thread-3(4), Thread-4(4), Thread-0(4), Thread-4(3), Thread-3(3), Thread-1(3), Thread-2(2), Thread-1(2), Thread-3(2), Thread-4(2), Thread-0(3), Thread-4(1), Thread-3(1), Thread-1(1), Thread-2(1), Thread-0(2), Thread-0(1), */