Multi thread java applet

Question

I cannot make multi thread applet. It seems like there is only one thread.
Here is the code:
public class My extends JApplet {
public void init() {
   new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    nit();
                } catch (Exception e) {
        }.run();
        int i = 99;
        try {
            getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("javascript:alert(" + String.valueOf(i) + ")"));
        catch (MalformedURLException e) { }
       public void nit() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            this.label.setText("Brojim: " + String.valueOf(i));
            try {
                getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL("javascript:alert(" + String.valueOf(i) + ")"));
            catch (MalformedURLException e) { }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(5000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
}and here is the result:
0
1
2
3
4
99which means that after run() call it not continue the flow, but waits for thread to finish. What is the problem?
OS: XP, browser: FF3

Answer 1

You are calling run() method of Thread class. This is wrong. If you want to create new thread you should call start() method. Try the following:
new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    nit();
                } catch (Exception e) {
        }.start();