1、Runnable接口源碼:
1 public interface Runnable {
2 public abstract void run();
3 }
2、Thread類與Runnable接口的繼承關系
1 public class Thread implements Runnable{
2
3 }
Runnable接口僅有一個run()方法,Thread類實作了Runnable接口,是以,Thread類也實作了Runnable接口。
3、構造函數
1 public Thread() {
2 init(null, null, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0);
3 }
1 public Thread(Runnable target) {
2 init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0);
3 }
1 public Thread(ThreadGroup group, Runnable target) {
2 init(group, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0);
3 }
1 public Thread(String name) {
2 init(null, null, name, 0);
3 }
還有其它的構造方法,此處省略。。。
這裡的第三個參數是設定線程的名稱,從下面的代碼中可以看出,生成名稱的規則是:”Thread-”加上建立的線程的個數(第幾個)。
繼續檢視init方法:

1 /**
2 * Initializes a Thread.
3 *
4 * @param g the Thread group
5 * @param target the object whose run() method gets called
6 * @param name the name of the new Thread
7 * @param stackSize the desired stack size for the new thread, or
8 * zero to indicate that this parameter is to be ignored.
9 */
//ThreadGroup:線程組表示一個線程的集合。此外,線程組也可以包含其他線程組。線程組構成一棵樹,在樹中,除了初始線程組外,每個線程組都有一個父線程組。
10 private void init(ThreadGroup g, Runnable target, String name,
11 long stackSize) {
12 Thread parent = currentThread();
13 SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
14 if (g == null) {
15 /* Determine if it's an applet or not */
16
17 /* If there is a security manager, ask the security manager
18 what to do. */
19 if (security != null) {
20 g = security.getThreadGroup();
21 }
22
23 /* If the security doesn't have a strong opinion of the matter
24 use the parent thread group. */
25 if (g == null) {
26 g = parent.getThreadGroup();
27 }
28 }
29
30 /* checkAccess regardless of whether or not threadgroup is
31 explicitly passed in. */
32 g.checkAccess();
33
34 /*
35 * Do we have the required permissions?
36 */
37 if (security != null) {
38 if (isCCLOverridden(getClass())) {
39 security.checkPermission(SUBCLASS_IMPLEMENTATION_PERMISSION);
40 }
41 }
42
43
44 g.addUnstarted();
45
46 this.group = g;
//每個線程都有一個優先級,高優先級線程的執行優先于低優先級線程。每個線程都可以或不可以标記為一個守護程式。當某個線程中運作的代碼建立一個新
Thread
對象時,該新線程的初始優先級被設定為建立線程的優先級,并且當且僅當建立線程是守護線程時,新線程才是守護程式。
47 this.daemon = parent.isDaemon();
48 this.priority = parent.getPriority();
49 this.name = name.toCharArray();
50 if (security == null || isCCLOverridden(parent.getClass()))
51 this.contextClassLoader = parent.getContextClassLoader();
52 else
53 this.contextClassLoader = parent.contextClassLoader;
54 this.inheritedAccessControlContext = AccessController.getContext();
55 this.target = target;
56 setPriority(priority);
57 if (parent.inheritableThreadLocals != null)
58 this.inheritableThreadLocals =
59 ThreadLocal.createInheritedMap(parent.inheritableThreadLocals);
60 /* Stash the specified stack size in case the VM cares */
61 this.stackSize = stackSize;
62
63 /* Set thread ID */
64 tid = nextThreadID();
65 }

初始化時設定了是否為守護線程,優先級,初始化名稱。
4、Thread的start方法的實作:

1 public synchronized void start() {
2 /**
3 * This method is not invoked for the main method thread or "system"
4 * group threads created/set up by the VM. Any new functionality added
5 * to this method in the future may have to also be added to the VM.
6 *
7 * A zero status value corresponds to state "NEW".
8 */
9 if (threadStatus != 0)
10 throw new IllegalThreadStateException();
11 group.add(this);
12 start0();
13 if (stopBeforeStart) {
14 stop0(throwableFromStop);
15 }
16 }

這裡主要的是start0方法;檢視其實作:
1 private native void start0();
這裡使用了本地調用,通過C代碼初始化線程需要的系統資源。可見,線程底層的實作是通過C代碼去完成的。
4、Thread的run方法的實作
1 public void run() {
2 if (target != null) {
3 target.run();
4 }
5 }
這裡的target實際上要儲存的是一個Runnable接口的實作的引用:
1 private Runnable target;
是以使用繼承Thread建立線程類時,需要重寫run方法,因為預設的run方法什麼也不幹。
而當我們使用Runnable接口實作線程類時,為了啟動線程,需要先把該線程類執行個體初始化一個Thread,實際上就執行了如下構造函數:
1 public Thread(Runnable target) {
2 init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0);
3 }
即是把線程類的引用儲存到target中。這樣,當調用Thread的run方法時,target就不為空了,而是繼續調用了target的run方法,是以我們需要實作Runnable的run方法。這樣通過Thread的run方法就調用到了Runnable實作類中的run方法。
這也是Runnable接口實作的線程類需要這樣啟動的原因。