ReentrantLock rl = new ReentrantLock();
...
rl.lock();
Thread.sleep(500);
...
rl.unlock();

    Thread thr = new Thread() {
      public void run() {
        ...
      }
    };

  thr.run();

  ...
  public static void main(String[] args){
    ...
    Thread thr = new Thread() {
      public void run() {
        ...
      }
    };
    ...
    thr.start();
    ...
    thr.stop();
    ...
  }

public class Kibitzer {
  public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
    ...
  }
}

public class AccountGroup
{
	private int gid;

	public int getGid()
	{
		return gid;
	}

	public void setGid(int newGid)
	{
		gid = newGid;
	}
}
...
public class CompareGroup
{
	public boolean compareGroups(AccountGroup group1, AccountGroup group2)
	{
		return group1.equals(group2);   //equals() is not implemented in AccountGroup
	}
}

  ...
  class User implements Cloneable {
    private String username;
    private boolean valid;
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
      final User clone = (User) super.clone();
      clone.doSomething();
      return clone;
    }
    public void doSomething(){
      ...
    }
  }