Is it possible to call several methods from an anonymous class?

Question

I want to know if its possible this in some way pls java 7 or 8

public class App{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(){
            public void run(){
                //Something
            }
        }.start().setName("Something") //Here!!
        //Something
    }
}

Answer 1

No, this is not possible since neither start() nor setName() returns the thread. The created anonymous class, is a subclass of Thread, so it can be assigned to such a variable:

Thread thread = new Thread {
    // something
};
thread.setName(...);
thread.setPriority(...);
thread.start();

or using functional notation:

Thread thread = new Thread( () -> { ... } );
thread.setName(...);
thread.setPriority(...);
thread.start();

and my preferred (no additional class being created), using method reference:

    Thread thread = new Thread(this::runInThread);
    thread.setName(...);
    thread.setPriority(...);
    thread.start();
    ...
}

private void runInThread() {
    // something to run in thread
}

^{added setPriority() just to have more calls}