Java Data Type Tutorial - Java Thread.getState()

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Syntax

Thread.getState() has the following syntax.

public Thread.State getState()

Example

In the following code shows how to use Thread.getState() method.

class ThreadDemo implements Runnable {
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   public void run() {
       
      // returns the state of this thread
      Thread.State state = Thread.currentThread().getState();
      System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());
      System.out.println("state = " + state);
   }

}

public class Main{

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadDemo());
      // this will call run() function
      t.start();   
   }

}

The code above generates the following result.

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