lambda as Thread() argument?

[sleek pilot]

hi, new to java and wanted to learn multithreading and i saw a snippet like that (client is a Socket captured just above)
what's the point of the lambda? is it to pass an argument alongside the method?

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[quasi bronze]

well, take a look at the Thread constructor in question:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Thread.html#<init>(java.lang.Runnable)

the lambda here fulfills a Runnable, it tells the thread what to do