How do I get the currently executing thread?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

To get the currently executing thread, use the static currentThread() method of the Thread class. This method returns a reference of the currently executing thread object.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class GetCurrentThreadDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Get the currently executing thread object
        Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
        System.out.println("Id      : " + thread.getId());
        System.out.println("Name    : " + thread.getName());
        System.out.println("Priority: " + thread.getPriority());
    }
}

The code snippet print the following output:

Id      : 1
Name    : main
Priority: 5

How do I set and get the name of a thread?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

You can assign a name to thread instance by using the setName() method and get the name of the thread using the getName() method. The naming support is also available as a constructor of the Thread class such as Thread(String name) and Thread(Runnable target, String name).

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ThreadNameDemo extends Thread {
    public ThreadNameDemo() {
    }

    public ThreadNameDemo(String name) {
        super(name);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread thread1 = new ThreadNameDemo();
        thread1.setName("FOX");
        thread1.start();

        Thread thread2 = new ThreadNameDemo("DOG");
        thread2.start();
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        // Call getName() method to get the thread name of this
        // thread object.
        System.out.println("Running [" + this.getName() + "]");
    }
}

How do I check if a thread is alive?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

A thread is alive or running if it has been started and has not yet died. To check whether a thread is alive use the isAlive() method of Thread class. It will return true if this thread is alive, otherwise return false.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ThreadAliveDemo implements Runnable {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadAliveDemo(), "FirstThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadAliveDemo(), "SecondThread");

        // start the t1
        t1.start();

        // Check to see if the first thread is alive or not.
        if (t1.isAlive()) {
            System.out.format("%s is alive.%n", t1.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is not alive.%n", t1.getName());
        }

        // Check to see if the second thread is alive or not.
        // It should be return false because t2 hasn't been started.
        if (t2.isAlive()) {
            System.out.format("%s is alive.%n", t2.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is not alive.%n", t2.getName());
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" +
                Thread.currentThread().getName() + "].");
    }
}

How do I check if a thread is a daemon thread?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

You can test if a thread is a daemon thread or a user thread by calling the isDaemon() method of the Thread class. If it returns true then the thread is a daemon thread, otherwise it is a user thread.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ThreadCheckDaemon implements Runnable {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadCheckDaemon(), "FirstThread");
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadCheckDaemon(), "SecondThread");

        t1.setDaemon(true);
        t1.start();
        t2.start();

        if (t1.isDaemon()) {
            System.out.format("%s is a daemon thread.%n", t1.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is a user thread.%n", t1.getName());
        }

        if (t2.isDaemon()) {
            System.out.format("%s is a daemon thread %n", t2.getName());
        } else {
            System.out.format("%s is a user thread %n", t2.getName());
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" +
                Thread.currentThread().getName() + "]");
    }
}

The code snippet print the following output:

FirstThread is a daemon thread.
SecondThread is a user thread 
Running [FirstThread]
Running [SecondThread]

How do I create a daemon thread?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment

A daemon thread is simply a background thread that is subordinate to the thread that creates it, so when the thread that created the daemon thread ends, the daemon thread dies with it. A thread that is not a daemon thread is called a user thread. To create a daemon thread, call setDaemon() method with a true boolean value as argument before the thread is started.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class DaemonThread implements Runnable {
    private final String threadName;

    private DaemonThread(String threadName) {
        this.threadName = threadName;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread t1 = new Thread(new DaemonThread("FirstThread"));
        Thread t2 = new Thread(new DaemonThread("SecondThread"));

        // t1 is as daemon thread
        t1.setDaemon(true);
        t1.start();

        // t2 is a user thread
        t2.start();
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Running [" + threadName + "]");
    }
}