Is the main program seen as a separate thread ?

I wanted to stop a GUI based program opening too fast because the splash screen wasn't seen for long enough.
So I tried to use the Thread and Runnable classes within the GUI constructor.
By trying different things, I got it to do as I wanted : a delay of 10 seconds before showing the program's GUI.
But I don't understand why main is not seen as a separate thread and thus continue to make itself visible no matter what the delayThread status may be.
// Constructor:
public Hotel (int numberIn)
         // Create the time delay thread so that users may enjoy the splash !
         delayThread = new Thread(this);
         delayThread.run();
         // Initialise the number of rooms and the GuestList :
        noOfRooms = numberIn;
        guests = new GuestList(noOfRooms);
        // Graphics settings:
        setTitle("Hotel");
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
       // etc. etc.
       // etc. etc.
       setVisible(true);
    // A run method to delay the program opening:
    public void run()
         try
              delayThread.sleep(10000);
         catch(InterruptedException ie)
              ie.printStackTrace();
    }Now, maybe a better way to do this would be to move the setVisible statement from the constructor to the run method.
Maybe there is an even better mechanism for producing a delay in a program's opening.
But I'm still curious as to why the main thread was delayed by a delay in what is really an entirely separate thread.
Any ideas ?
Edited by: KonTiki on 16-Feb-2013 13:10
Edited by: KonTiki on 16-Feb-2013 13:19
Edited by: KonTiki on 16-Feb-2013 13:20
Edited by: KonTiki on 16-Feb-2013 13:21
Edited by: KonTiki on 17-Feb-2013 09:16

Well, first of all calling a Thread object's run() method just runs the code in the same thread. It doesn't start a new thread -- that's what calling the start() method does.
And the Thread.sleep() method is a static method, meaning "Make *this* thread sleep for X milliseconds". So calling it on another Thread object doesn't cause that thread to sleep, it causes the current thread to sleep.
I suggest you should go through the concurrency tutorial from Oracle because you seem to be programming by guesswork here.

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