How to create a thread in JShell in Java 9?

JShell is an interactive java shell tool introduced in Java 9 and allows us to execute code snippets, and shows the result immediately without declaring the main() method like Java. It is a REPL (Read-Evaluate-Print- Loop) tool and runs from the command-line prompt. We can create variables, methods, classes, scratch variables, external libraries, and etc using JShell

In the below code snippet, we can create a thread by extending the Thread class.

C:\Users\User>jshell | Welcome to JShell -- Version 9.0.4 | For an introduction type: /help intro jshell> class ThreadTest extends Thread { ...>       public void run() { ...>          System.out.println("Thread in run() method"); ...>       } ...>       public static void main(String args[]) { ...>          ThreadTest t = new ThreadTest(); ...>          t.start(); ...>     } ...> } | created class ThreadTest

In the below code snippet, the console prints "Thread in run() method" as an output to the user.

jshell> new ThreadTest().run(); Thread in run() method