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Naming Thread

The Thread class provides methods to change and get the name of a thread. By default, each thread has a name i.e. thread-0, thread -1 and so on. By we can change the name of the thread by using setName() method. The syntax of setName() and getName() methods are given below:


\begin{lstlisting} public String getName(): is used to return the name of a thre... ...d setName(String name): is used to change the name of a thread. \end{lstlisting}

Example of naming a thread


\begin{lstlisting} class TestMultiNaming1 extends Thread{ public void run(){ ... ...t.println(''After changing name of t1:''+t1.getName()); } } \end{lstlisting}

Test it Now


\begin{lstlisting} Output:Name of t1:Thread-0 Name of t2:Thread-1 id of t1:8 running... After changeling name of t1:Sonoo Jaiswal running... \end{lstlisting}


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