How to run a thread separate from main thread in Java?

Question

The goal is to be able to invoke execution of a separate thread from within the main class.

Some context: I have a program that must ru

Answer 1

I'm not altogether sure you can make a 'detached' thread in Java using the normal means of implementing Thread and kicking it off with run().

You might need to fork a thread using Runtime.exec(), running java as wholly separate process, not as a thread.