Java Thread currentThread() Method with Examples

by Online Tutorials Library July 22, 2022

Java Thread currentThread() method

The currentThread() method of thread class is used to return a reference to the currently executing thread object.

Syntax

Return value

It returns the currently executing thread.

Example

  public class CurrentThreadExp extends Thread  {        public void run()      {            // print currently executing thread           System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());        }        public static void main(String args[])      {            // creating two thread          CurrentThreadExp t1=new CurrentThreadExp();            CurrentThreadExp t2=new CurrentThreadExp();            // this will call the run() method          t1.start();            t2.start();        }    }  

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Output:

Thread-0  Thread-1

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