Chapter 30 Exercise 1, Introduction to Java Programming, Tenth Edition Y. Daniel LiangY.

30.1  (Revise Listing 30.1) Rewrite Listing 30.1 to display the output in a text area, as shown in Figure 30.30.

public class Exercise01 {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  // Create tasks
  Runnable printA = new PrintChar('a', 100, 200);
  Runnable printB = new PrintChar('b', 100, 100);
  Runnable print100 = new PrintNum(100);

  // Create threads
  Thread thread3 = new Thread(print100);
  Thread thread1 = new Thread(printA);
  Thread thread2 = new Thread(printB);
  

  // Start threads
  thread1.start();
  thread2.start();
  thread3.start();
 }
}

// The task for printing a specified character in specified times
class PrintChar implements Runnable {
 private char charToPrint; // The character to print
 private int times; // The times to repeat
 private int ms;

 /**
  * Construct a task with specified character and number of times to print
  * the character
  */
 public PrintChar(char c, int t, int ms) {
  charToPrint = c;
  times = t;
  this.ms = ms;
 }

 @Override
 /** Override the run() method to tell the system
  *  what the task to perform
  */
 public void run() {
  try {
   Thread.sleep(50);
   System.out.print(charToPrint);
   Thread.sleep(ms);
   for (int i = 1; i < times; i++) {
    System.out.print(charToPrint);
   }
  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }  
 }
}

// The task class for printing number from 1 to n for a given n
class PrintNum implements Runnable {
 private int lastNum;

 /** Construct a task for printing 1, 2, ... i */
 public PrintNum(int n) {
  lastNum = n;
 }

 @Override
 /** Tell the thread how to run */
 public void run() {
  try {
   System.out.print(" 1");
   Thread.sleep(100);
   for (int i = 2; i <= lastNum; i++) {
    System.out.print(" " + i);
   }
  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  } 
 }
}