There are two ways of creating a thread; extend (sub-class) the
Thread class and implement the
Runnable interface. For both of these ways you must implement (override and not overload) the
public void run() method.
(1) is correct - Extending the Thread class and overriding its run method is a valid procedure.
(4) is correct - You must implement interfaces, and runnable is an interface and you must also include the run method.
(2) is wrong - Runnable is an interface which implements not Extends. Gives the error: (No interface expected here)
(3) is wrong - You cannot implement java.lang.Thread (This is a Class). (Implements Thread, gives the error: Interface expected). Implements expects an interface.
(5) is wrong - You cannot implement java.lang.Thread (This is a class). You Extend classes, and Implement interfaces. (Implements Thread, gives the error: Interface expected)