Question

I create a new thread like this:

Runnable r=new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
      // content
    }
  }
  Thread th = new Thread();
  th.start(r);

What is the priority of the newly constructed thread?

Answer 1

By default when a new Thread is constructed,it runs at the same priority as the thread that constructed
it.Most new threads are constructed directly or indirectly by the main thread and will therefore run
at priority of 5.This works well under many scenarios,but there are times when you will want to
raise or lower a thread’s priority.
you can determine the current priority by calling getPriority() on the thread whose priority you want
to check.