What's great about java is the number of libs out there for this. You don't have to use native java threads in this day and age with things like akka out there.

What's great about java is the number of libs out there for this. You don't have to use native java threads in this day and age with things like akka out there. I find akka's java interface amazing to work with (yeah it's a bit odd in some parts) You could also get used to thread pools and executors.