Access properties of the class passed to a thread

Question

Hi You all,
I have the following code:
package com.services;
import java.util.*;
public class Timer implements Runnable
     //                         CLASS OBJECTS
     private int interval;
     private volatile int clockFlag = 0;
     //                              CONSTRUCTOR
     public Timer()
     public void stop()
          this.interval = 0;
     public void setInterval(int pInterval)
          this.interval = pInterval + 100000000;
     public void run()
          while(this.interval != 0)
               if(this.clockFlag == this.interval)
                    System.out.println("clockFlag");
                    this.clockFlag = 0;
               this.clockFlag ++;
Timer objTimer = new Timer();
objTimer.setInterval(5);
Thread objThread = new Thread(objTimer);
objThread.start();So if I want to use the run method of the Timer class what should I do?
Is there any method in the thread that alows me to call any method of the class passed to it?
Thanks,
MeTitus

Answer 1

That's usually a bad design choice.why?You should extend when you actually want to add some new functionality to a class, and the OP doesn't want to create a new type of thread. He just want to execute something in a new thread.
Kaj