多次start一个线程会怎么样

答案是：java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException  

源码如下

/**
     * Causes this thread to begin execution; the Java Virtual Machine
     * calls the <code>run</code> method of this thread.
     * <p>线程被执行，JVM调用run方法
     * 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.多次调用start方法启动一个线程是非法的
     * In particular, a thread may not be restarted once it has completed
     * execution.
     *
     * @exception  IllegalThreadStateException  if the thread was already已经启动的线程再次start，异常
     *               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)//状态校验  0：NEW 新建状态
            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);//添加进线程组

        boolean started = false;
        try {
            start0();//调用native方法执行线程run方法
            started = true;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (!started) {
                    group.threadStartFailed(this);//启动失败，从线程组中移除当前前程。
                }
            } catch (Throwable ignore) {
                /* do nothing. If start0 threw a Throwable then
                  it will be passed up the call stack */
            }
        }
    }

group.add(this)，把当前线程添加进线程组，源码如下：

/**
     * Adds the specified thread to this thread group.
     *
     * <p> Note: This method is called from both library code
     * and the Virtual Machine. It is called from VM to add
     * certain system threads to the system thread group.
     *
     * @param  t
     *         the Thread to be added
     *
     * @throws  IllegalThreadStateException
     *          if the Thread group has been destroyed
     */
    void add(Thread t) {
        synchronized (this) {
            if (destroyed) {//线程组状态校验
                throw new IllegalThreadStateException();
            }
            if (threads == null) {
                threads = new Thread[4];//初始化长度为4的Thread数组
            } else if (nthreads == threads.length) {//数组满了就扩容2倍
                threads = Arrays.copyOf(threads, nthreads * 2);
            }
            threads[nthreads] = t;//新线程t添加进数组

            // This is done last so it doesn't matter in case the
            // thread is killed
            nthreads++;//线程数加1

            // The thread is now a fully fledged member of the group, even
            // though it may, or may not, have been started yet. It will prevent
            // the group from being destroyed so the unstarted Threads count is
            // decremented.
            nUnstartedThreads--;//未启动线程数-1
        }
    }

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