Thread static problem

Hello i am new to using threads.

i have a class which calls a method of another class, but i get the non-static method can not be called from a static context, error.

i have not declared anything static in the thread class.

so my question is, is threads always static, and is it true that everytime i want to call a method from another class in a thread, the method have to be declared static??

Show the parts of the code in question.

Here is the code

Code:

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import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.*;

public class TestBoard1 extends JPanel{

        public TestBoard1(){
                Runnable r = new Shuffler();
            Thread t1 = new Thread(r);
            t1.start();
        }

public void Skriv(){
        System.out.println("from thread");
}
}//End TestBoard1



class Shuffler implements Runnable{

        public void run(){
                try{
                        while(true){
                                TestBoard1.Skriv();
                                Thread.sleep(500);
                        }
                }catch(InterruptedException iex){}
        }//End run
}//End Class

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The problem is the Skriv method

TestBoard1 is a class name, not an instance, so you are trying to call an instance method with a static reference.

I have changed the code so a instance "tt" of testboard1 is created, but this just gives me another question.
Now it gives me the Cannot find symbol error of the intance tt when i try to compile the tt.Skriv() in shuffler.

why can't the shufller class not find the "tt" instance when itself was created by that instance??

Code:

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import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.*;

public class TestBoard1{

        public TestBoard1(){
                Runnable r = new Shuffler();
            Thread t1 = new Thread(r);
            t1.start();
        }

public void write(){
        System.out.println("from thread");
}

public static void main(String [] s){
        TestBoard1 tt = new TestBoard1();
}

}//End TestBoard1



class Shuffler implements Runnable{

        public void run(){
                try{
                        while(true){
                                tt.write();
                                Thread.sleep(500);
                        }
                }catch(InterruptedException iex){}
        }//End run
}//End Class

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Because tt is local to the main method. Add a constructor to your Shuffler class to pass it an instance of the TestBoard1 class and assign that instance to instance variable in the Shuffler class, then use that instance variable in the run method.