class CountAndPrint implements Runnable { private final String name; CountAndPrint(String name) { this.name = name; } /** This is what a CountAndPrint will do */ @Override public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { System.out.println(this.name + ": " + i); } } public static void main(String[] args) { // Launching 4 parallel threads for (int i = 1; i <= 4; i++) { // `start` method will call the `run` method // of CountAndPrint in another thread new Thread(new CountAndPrint("Instance " + i)).start(); } // Doing some others tasks in the main Thread for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { System.out.println("Main: " + i); } } }