Set Thread Name Example

1. /*
2. Set Thread Name Example
3. This Java example shows how to set name of thread using setName method
4. of Thread class.
5. */
6.  
7. public class SetThreadNameExample {
8.  
9. public static void main(String[] args) {
10.  
11. //get currently running thread object
12. Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
13. System.out.println(currentThread);
14.  
15. /*
16. * To set name of thread, use
17. * void setName(String threadName) method of
18. * Thread class.
19. */
20.  
21. currentThread.setName("Set Thread Name Example");
22.  
23. /*
24. * To get the name of thread use,
25. * String getName() method of Thread class.
26. */
27. System.out.println("Thread Name : "+ currentThread.getName());
28. }
29. }
30.  
31. /*
32. Output of the example would be
33. Thread[main,5,main]
34. Thread Name : Set Thread Name Example
35. */