How to Get Current Thread in Java

In this example we will show about how to get current thread with currentThread method of Thread class in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

public class GetThreadExample {

    public static void main(String[] args){
    	//get current thread
    	Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
		System.out.println(thread);
	}
}

Output:

Thread[main,5,main]