// Copyright: Ganesh Samarthyam, 2016; www.codeops.tech class BasicThreadStates extends Thread { public static void main(String []s) throws Exception { Thread t = new Thread(new BasicThreadStates()); System.out.println("Just after creating thread; \n" + " The thread state is: " + t.getState()); t.start(); System.out.println("Just after calling t.start(); \n" + " The thread state is: " + t.getState()); t.join(); System.out.println("Just after main calling t.join(); \n" + " The thread state is: " + t.getState()); } }