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