Tutorial: What is a Java Executor

ExecuteTaskInSeparedThread.java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class ExecuteTaskInSeparateThread {
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("App");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        logger.info("Starting application");

        Thread thread = new Thread(() -> makeHttpRequest());
        thread.start();

        logger.info("Finish program");
    }

    private static void makeHttpRequest() {
        try {
            URL urlToRequest = new URI("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1").toURL();
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) urlToRequest.openConnection();
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Response code: {0}", responseCode);
        } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
            logger.warning(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}