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How to get the name of a running thread in Java
Problem Description
How to get the name of a running thread?
Solution
Following example shows how to get the name of a running thread.
public class TwoThreadGetName extends Thread { public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { printMsg(); } } public void printMsg() { Thread t = Thread.currentThread(); String name = t.getName(); System.out.println("name=" + name); } public static void main(String[] args) { TwoThreadGetName tt = new TwoThreadGetName(); tt.start(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { tt.printMsg(); } } }
Result
The above code sample will produce the following result.
name = main name = main name = main name = main name = main name = thread name = thread name = thread name = thread
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