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Java Example - Get Current Thread Name

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The following example demonstrates how to get the current thread name by extending the Thread class and using the getName() method:

TwoThreadGetName.java File

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();
      }
   }
}

The above code outputs the following result:

name=main
name=main
name=main
name=main
name=main
name=Thread-0
name=Thread-0
name=Thread-0
name=Thread-0
name=Thread-0
name=main
name=Thread-0
name=main
name=Thread-0
name=main
name=Thread-0
name=main
name=Thread-0
name=main
name=Thread-0

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