Returning a value from Runnable

Use Callable<V> instead of using Runnable interface.

Example:

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(3);
    Set<Future<Integer>> set = new HashSet<>();

    for (String word : args) {
      Callable<Integer> callable = new WordLengthCallable(word);
      Future<Integer> future = pool.submit(callable);
      set.add(future);
    }

    int sum = 0;
    for (Future<Integer> future : set) {
      sum += future.get();
    }

    System.out.printf("The sum of lengths is %s%n", sum);
    System.exit(sum);
}

In this example, you will also need to implement the class WordLengthCallable, which implements the Callable interface.

public void check() {
    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
    Future<Integer> result = executor.submit(new Callable<Integer>() {
        public Integer call() throws Exception {
            return 10;
        }
    });

    try {
        int returnValue = result.get();
    } catch (Exception exception) {
       //handle exception
    }
}

Have a look at the Callable class. This is usually submited via an executor service

It can return a future object which is returned when the thread completes