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The currentThread() method

The currentThread() method returns a reference to the currently executing thread object.

Syntax:


\begin{lstlisting} public static Thread currentThread() \end{lstlisting}

Example of currentThread() method


\begin{lstlisting} class TestJoinMethod4 extends Thread{ public void run(){ ... ...=new TestJoinMethod4(); \par t1.start(); t2.start(); } { \end{lstlisting}

Test it Now


\begin{lstlisting} Output:Thread-0 Thread-1 \end{lstlisting}