Does new Thread(this) work for a Frame class?

Question

package MThreads;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.*;
public class ThreadFrame extends Frame implements Runnable
{   Button btnNew = new Button("New");
Thread aThread = null;
public ThreadFrame()
{ /* nothing in here */}
public void run()
{ /** does stuff */ }
btnNew.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{  public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
     {  aThread = new Thread(this);
     aThread.start();
The line aThread = new Thread(this); does not compile.
error is "can't convert MThreads.ThreadFrame.1 to java.lang.String"
Anyone got a clue??
Thanks
Nancy

Answer 1

You've just created an anonymous inner class new MouseAdapter. "this" now points to an instance of MouseAdapter and not Frame as you think.
package MThreads;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.*;
public class ThreadFrame extends Frame
     implements Runnable {
     Button btnNew = new Button("New");
     Thread aThread = null;
     final Runnable frame;
     public ThreadFrame() {
          frame = this;
     public void run() {
          btnNew.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
               public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
                    aThread = new Thread(frame);                     
                    aThread.start();
}Hope this helps you.
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