public class Printer implements Runnable { public void run() { final int NUMBER = 1000; for (int n = 0; n < NUMBER; n++) { System.out.print(Thread.currentThread().getName()); } } public static void main(String[] args) { Thread one = new Thread(new Printer(), "1"); Thread two = new Thread(new Printer(), "2"); one.start(); two.start(); } }