The currentThread() method of Thread class is used to get current thread in java. It is a static method.
Syntax of currentThread() method:
public static Thread currentThread()
It returns a reference to the currently running thread.
Get current thread example
package com.w3spoint; public class Test { public static void main(String args[]){ Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread(); System.out.println(currentThread); } } |
Output
Thread[main,5,main] |