Implementing interface Runnable

The second way to create a thread is to use a class that implements java.lang.Runnable. Here is an example of such a class that has almost exactly the same functionality as MyThread class:

class MyRunnable implements Runnable {
    private String parameter, name;
    public MyRunnable(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    public void run() {
        while(!"exit".equals(parameter)){
            System.out.println("thread " + this.name + 
                               ", parameter: " + parameter);
            pauseOneSecond();
        }
        System.out.println("thread " + this.name +
                              ", parameter: " + parameter);
    }
    public void setParameter(String parameter) {
        this.parameter = parameter;
    }
}

The difference is that there is no isDaemon() method, getId...