Special Effects and Game Development in Java(TM) - The Applet ThreadTest

import java.applet.*;

import java.awt.*;



public class threadtest extends Applet implements Runnable {



public Thread animationthread = null;



public void start()

{

    if (animationthread == null)

    {

         animationthread = new Thread(this,"animationthread");

         animationthread.start();

    }

}



public void stop()

{

    if ((animationthread != null) && animationthread.isAlive())

        animationthread.stop();

    animationthread = null;

}



public void run()

{

    while (true)

    {

        showStatus("Hello Sweden!");

    }

}

}