Get Current Thread Example

1. /*
2. Get Current Thread Example
3. This Java example shows how to get reference of current thread using
4. currentThread method of Java Thread class.
5. */
6.  
7. public class GetCurrentThreadExample {
8.  
9. public static void main(String[] args) {
10.  
11. /*
12. * To get the reference of currently running thread, use
13. * Thread currentThread() method of Thread class.
14. *
15. * This is a static method.
16. */
17.  
18. Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
19. System.out.println(currentThread);
20.  
21. }
22. }
23.  
24. /*
25. Output of the example would be
26. Thread[main,5,main]
27. */