Is it safe to call thread.start() if the thread is in TERMINATED state?

Question

A thread that I am running in my web application returns TERMINATED when I call the thread.getState()

Is it safe for me to check the status through thread.isAlive() and call the thread.start() on a new object of the same class?

What should be the value of thread.isAlive() for me to start the terminated thread again?

Answer 1

I see threads as disposable/one-shot workers, they do a simple job and then they get killed.

The TERMINATED state is associated with an object. As long as you're using start() on a different (new) object, it's fine.