Create threads in java to run in background

Question

I want to spawn a Java thread from my main java program and that thread should execute separately without interfering with the main program. Here is how it should be:

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Answer 1

And if you like to do it the Java 8 way, you can do it as simple as this:

public class Java8Thread {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Main thread");
        new Thread(this::myBackgroundTask).start();
    }

    private void myBackgroundTask() {
        System.out.println("Inner Thread");
    }
}