class Sum { private int sum; public int getSum() { return sum; } public void setSum(int sum) { this.sum = sum; } } class Summation implements Runnable { private int upper; private Sum sumValue; public Summation(int upper, Sum sumValue) { this.upper = upper; this.sumValue = sumValue; } public void run() { int sum = 0; for (int i = 0; i <= upper; i++) sum += i; sumValue.setSum(sum); } public static class Driver { public static void main(String[] args) { if (args.length > 0) { if (Integer.parseInt(args[0]) < 0) System.err.println(args[0] + " must be >= 0."); else { // create the object to be shared Sum sumObject = new Sum(); int upper = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); Thread thrd = new Thread(new Summation(upper, sumObject)); thrd.start(); try { thrd.join(); System.out.println ("The sum of "+upper+" is "+sumObject.getSum()); } catch (InterruptedException ie) { } } } else System.err.println("Usage: Summation "); } } }