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Practical 7: 
Write a multithreaded program to implement the hare and tortoise racing 
game. Make the hare sleep in the mid way and let the tortoise win. 
Concept overview 
Java.lang.runnable is an interface that is to be implemented by a class whose 
instances are intended to be executed by a thread. There are two ways to start a new Thread 
– Subclass Thread and implement runnable​.​ There is no need of subclassing Thread when a 
task can be done by overriding only run() method of runnable. 
 

Multithreading i​ n ​Java​ ​is a process of executing multiple threads simultaneously. 

A thread is a lightweight sub-process, the smallest unit of processing. Multiprocessing and 
multithreading, both are used to achieve multitasking. 

Class Diagram  

Source Code 

Class to implement runnable 

 
public class implements Runnable{ 
Thread obj; 
String Name; 
mst( String name) { 
Name = name; 
System.out.println(Name+" is ready to race"); 
} 

 
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public void run() 
{ 
System.out.println(Name+" is running" ); 
try { 
if(Name.equals(" rabbit ")) 
{ 
System.out.println(Name +" goes to sleep"); 
Thread.sleep(50); 
} 
} catch (InterruptedException e) { 
System.out.println("Thread " + Name + " is interrupted."); 
} 
System.out.println(Name + " has completed the race."); 
 
} 
public void race () { 
System.out.println(Name+"started the race" ); 
if (obj == null) { 
obj = new Thread (this,Name); 
obj.start(); 
} 
} 
 
 
public static void main(String[] args) { 
// TODO Auto-generated method stub 
mst h = new mst(" rabbit "); 
mst t = new mst(" Tortoise "); 
h.race(); 
t.race(); 
} 
 
} 
 
 
 
OUTPUT: 
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Assumptions and logic used 

The assumption was that the rabbit/hare was to stop in the middle of the race. I used two threads as a 
way to visualize the two participants. The thread was rabbit was kept on pause to show that he slept 
during the race. And the thread of the tortoise was allowed to go on.  

The concept of multithreading was used in order to implement this logic.