/** Taken from Core Web Programming from 
 *  Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press,
 *  http://www.corewebprogramming.com/.
 *  © 2001 Marty Hall and Larry Brown;
 *  may be freely used or adapted.
 */

public class DriverClass extends SomeClass {
  ...
  public void startAThread() {
    // Create a Thread object.
    ThreadClass thread = new ThreadClass();
    // Start it in a separate process.
    thread.start();
    ...
  }
}