How do I use multi-catch statement?

The multi-catch is a language enhancement feature introduces in the Java 7. This allows us to use a single catch block to handle multiple exceptions. Each exception is separated by the pipe symbol (|).

Using the multi-catch simplify our exception handling and also reduce code duplicates in the catch block. Let’s see an example below:

package org.kodejava.lang;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class MultiCatchDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MultiCatchDemo demo = new MultiCatchDemo();
        try {
            demo.callA();
            demo.callB();
            demo.callC();
        } catch (IOException | SQLException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void callA() throws IOException {
        throw new IOException("IOException");
    }

    private void callB() throws SQLException {
        throw new SQLException("SQLException");
    }

    private void callC() throws ClassNotFoundException {
        throw new ClassNotFoundException("ClassNotFoundException");
    }
}

How do I read all lines from a file?

The java.nio.file.Files.readAllLines() method read all lines from a file. This method ensures that the file is closed when all bytes have been read or an I/O error, or other runtime exception, is thrown. Bytes from the file are decoded into characters using the specified charset.

Note that this method is intended for simple cases where it is convenient to read all lines in a single operation. It is not intended for reading in large files. This method is available since Java 7.

package org.kodejava.io;

import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;

public class ReadFileAsListDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ReadFileAsListDemo demo = new ReadFileAsListDemo();
        demo.readFileAsList();
    }

    private void readFileAsList() {
        String fileName = "/data.txt";

        try {
            URI uri = Objects.requireNonNull(this.getClass().getResource(fileName)).toURI();
            List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(uri),
                    Charset.defaultCharset());

            for (String line : lines) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

How do I get number of active thread in current thread?

In this example you’ll see how to obtain the number of active thread in the current thread. You can use the Thread.activeCount() method to get this information.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class CountActiveThread {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t = new Thread(() -> System.out.println("Hello..."));
        t.start();

        // Get the number of active threads in the current thread's
        // thread group.
        int activeThread = Thread.activeCount();
        System.out.format("Number of active threads of %s is %d %n",
                Thread.currentThread().getName(), activeThread);
    }
}

How do I get number of active thread group?

Use method activeGroupCount() of ThreadGroup class to get estimate number of active groups in the thread group and use activeCount() to get estimate number of active threads in a thread group.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ActiveGroupCount {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ThreadGroup root = new ThreadGroup("RootGroup");
        ThreadGroup server = new ThreadGroup(root, "ServerGroup");
        ThreadGroup client = new ThreadGroup(root, "ClientGroup");

        Thread t1 = new Thread(server, new ServerThread(), "ServerThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(client, new ClientThread(), "ClientThread");

        t1.start();
        t2.start();

        // Get estimate active groups in 'root' thread group
        int activeGroup = root.activeGroupCount();
        System.out.format("Estimated active group in %s is %d%n",
                root.getName(), activeGroup);

        // Get estimate active threads in 'root' thread group
        int activeThread = root.activeCount();
        System.out.format("Estimated active thread in %s is %d%n",
                root.getName(), activeThread);
    }
}

class ServerThread implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running - Server Thread..");
    }
}


class ClientThread implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running - Client Thread..");
    }
}

The example above print the following example output:

Estimated active group in RootGroup is 2
Estimated active thread in RootGroup is 2
Running - Client Thread..
Running - Server Thread..

How do I get thread group of a thread?

Use the getThreadGroup() method of Thread class to get the thread group to which the thread belongs.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class GetThreadGroup {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create thread groups
        ThreadGroup group = new ThreadGroup("ThreadGroup");
        ThreadGroup anotherGroup = new ThreadGroup(group, "AnotherGroup");

        // Create threads and placed into thread group
        Thread t1 = new Thread(group, new FirstThread(), "Thread1");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(anotherGroup, new FirstThread(), "Thread2");

        // Start the threads
        t1.start();
        t2.start();

        // Use getThreadGroup() method of Thread class to get the object
        // of ThreadGroup then use the getName() method to get the name
        // of thread group.
        System.out.format("%s is a member of %s%n", t1.getName(),
                t1.getThreadGroup().getName());
        System.out.format("%s is a member of %s%n", t2.getName(),
                t2.getThreadGroup().getName());
    }
}

class FirstThread implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Start..");
    }
}