Puzzle 43 – Solution

The way to stop the code from printing STOP ME IF YOU CAN is to rename the run() method. Since MultiThreader implements Runnable the run method is required. A default implementation of the run method can be obtained by extending the Thread class.

package com.twisters;
class MultiThreader extends thread implements Runnable{ /*15 additional char */

  public void _run(){ /*1 additional character */
      System.out.println( "STOP ME IF YOU CAN");         
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
      MultiThreader m = new MultiThreader();
  Thread t = new Thread(m);
  t.start();
  }
}

The other way to prevent the code from running the main method itself is to throw an exception in a initializer which would do the trick too!!

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