[Java] Naming Thread

Naming Thread

- The Thread class provides methods to change and get them name of a thread

- Each thread has a name

- we can change the name of the thread by using setName()

1. Syntax

- public String getName()

- public void setName(String name)

2. Example

public class Name extends Thread{ public void run(){ System.out.println("running"); } public static void main(String[]args){ Name t1 = new Name(); Name t2 = new Name(); System.out.println("Name t1: "+t1.getName()); System.out.println("Name t2: "+t2.getName()); t1.start(); t2.start(); t1.setName("Kyle"); System.out.println("After Name t1: "+t1.getName()); } }