Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved. * <p/> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ public class Main { public static Thread getThreadByName(String name) { ThreadGroup tg = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup(); while (tg.getParent() != null) { tg = tg.getParent(); } Thread[] threads = new Thread[tg.activeCount() + 1024]; tg.enumerate(threads, true); boolean bad_found = false; for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) { Thread t = threads[i]; if (t != null && t.isAlive() && t != Thread.currentThread() && !t.isDaemon() && t.getName().equals(name)) { return t; } } return null; } }