Thread通过run()方法和start()方法启动的差别

结论

• Thread.run方法会直接调用传入的Runnable对象的run方法，也就是说此时的Thread相当于一个静态代理，从而并没有通过创建一个线程的方式去执行run方法，方法的执行还是在原来的线程。
• 通过Thread.start()方法去执行时，会调用本地方法start0()去创建一个线程，此时采用动态代理的方式去调用传入的Runnable的run方法，即通过创建一个线程的方式去执行任务。

源码

Thread的run方法：

   /**
     * If this thread was constructed using a separate
     * <code>Runnable</code> run object, then that
     * <code>Runnable</code> object's <code>run</code> method is called;
     * otherwise, this method does nothing and returns.
     * <p>
     * Subclasses of <code>Thread</code> should override this method.
     *
     * @see     #start()
     * @see     #stop()
     * @see     #Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
     */
    @Override
    public void run() {
        if (target != null) {
        //调用target的run方法，没有创建线程。target就是传入的Runnable
            target.run();
        }
    }

Thread的start()方法

/**
     * Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine
     * calls the <code>run</code> method of this thread.
     * <p>
     * The result is that two threads are running concurrently: the
     * current thread (which returns from the call to the
     * <code>start</code> method) and the other thread (which executes its
     * <code>run</code> method).
     * <p>
     * It is never legal to start a thread more than once.
     * In particular, a thread may not be restarted once it has completed
     * execution.
     *
     * @exception  IllegalThreadStateException  if the thread was already
     *               started.
     * @see        #run()
     * @see        #stop()
     */
    public synchronized void start() {
        /**
         * This method is not invoked for the main method thread or "system"
         * group threads created/set up by the VM. Any new functionality added
         * to this method in the future may have to also be added to the VM.
         *
         * A zero status value corresponds to state "NEW".
         */
        if (threadStatus != 0)
            throw new IllegalThreadStateException();

        /* Notify the group that this thread is about to be started
         * so that it can be added to the group's list of threads
         * and the group's unstarted count can be decremented. */
        group.add(this);

        boolean started = false;
        try {
        //调用本地方法去创建一个线程，通过动态代理去执行Runnable的run方法
            start0();
            started = true;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (!started) {
                    group.threadStartFailed(this);
                }
            } catch (Throwable ignore) {
                /* do nothing. If start0 threw a Throwable then
                  it will be passed up the call stack */
            }
        }
    }

    private native void start0();

也即是说，传入的Runnable的run方法会被Thread代理到自己的run方法中，并在本地方法start0()中通过动态代理调用，Thread中run方法意义也在于此。

测试

创建一个类实现Runnable：

分别用两种方式执行：
run（）方式

结果：

可以看到是Cat先睡醒，再打印嘿嘿，所以是串行执行的，也就是一个线程执行

start方式：

结果：

Cat还没睡醒就结束了，说明开启了一个线程执行Cat的run方法，但是在它睡觉的时候主线程结束了，因此等不到Cat睡醒。