Thread error

I keep getting an error with the thread constructor in java. Here's the basic of what I have in the 'faulty' program.

import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.applet.*

public class WordSearch extends Applet{

Thread th;

public void init() {
}

public void start(){
th = new Thread (this);
th.start();
}

public void run(){
}

public void paint(Graphics g){
}
}

and....for some odd reason...here is the error I get.

WordSearch/WordSearch.java [13:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol : constructor Thread (WordSearch)
location: class java.lang.Thread
th = new Thread (this);
^
1 error
Errors compiling WordSearch.


Does anyone know why its doing this? A similar error I've had before, without changing anything, had something to do with APIs and compiling with -deprecation.

the Thread class cannot take an object of type WordSearch into any of its constructors... It's an oddly-worded error message, but it is not an odd message.

Thread has a constructor that takes Runnable objects, and to PROVE to the compiler that your WordSearch is capable if behaving like a Runnable, it MUST "implements Runnable"

Runnable mandates that a run() method be provided, which you have indeed done.. but it isnt enough that you just write void run(){}.. See what i mean?

|Its a bit like being pulled over by a cop, and he says "show me your license" and you say "well i dont have it with me but i can drive, obviously, because im sitting in the car, piloting it down the road"

and ihe's like "i dont care, if you dont have your license, i cannot accept anything else as proof that you can drive a car"

the compiler is saying "if you cannot implements Runnable, i cannot accept anything else as proof that this object is capable of existing in its own thread..

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hope that helps..

yeah, thanks!

I just added the 'implements Runnable', which I accidently overlooked when copying elements from a program, and it stopped the error and run.