Question

I have this C# code:

Action action = MyFunction;
action.BeginInvoke(action.EndInvoke, action);

which, from what I can tell, just runs MyFunction asynchronously. Can you do the same thing in Java?

Answer 1

This is how you could run an action in its own thread in Java:

new Thread(new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        aFunctionThatRunsAsynchronously();
    }
}).start();

There are other higher-level frameworks available that give you more control on how things are run such as Executors, which can for example be used to schedule events.