I've written a thread but how do I add it to my main method?

Question

This is my current code; how can I edit the main method to get it to run?

import javax.swing.JFrame;


public class Virus {


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread virus = new Thread();
    }
}

class pop implements Runnable
{
    public void run()
    { 
        int x = 1000;
        int y = 1000;

        JFrame popup = new JFrame();
        popup.setLocation(x, y);
        popup.setVisible(true);

        javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(popup, "Virus fun time");
    }
}

Answer 1

You're close. A Runnable needs a thread to run it, and you pass an instance of the Runnable into the thread. So using the Thread(Runnable) constructor:

Thread virus = new Thread(new pop());

Then you start the thread:

virus.start();

Then you need to wait for it to finish, via join :

virus.join();

(You'll need to handle the exception that may throw.)

This tutorial may help you with these fundamentals.

But , heed what @MadProgrammer commented on the question:

Don't modify, change or create UI components outside the Event dispatching thread!

This tutorial may help you there.