Question

I need to find a way to spin off a thread from a static call and not wait for the thread to complete. Basically, a “fire and forget” approach. Can someone supply me with a simple example of how this can be accomplished?

Answer 1

Thread t = new Thread(new YourClassThatImplementsRunnable());
t.start();

// JDK 8
new Thread(() -> methodYouWantToRun()).start();