Java tutorial
public class GetPriority extends Object { private static Runnable makeRunnable() { Runnable r = new Runnable() { public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { Thread t = Thread.currentThread(); System.out.println("in run() - priority=" + t.getPriority() + ", name=" + t.getName()); try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch (InterruptedException x) { // ignore } } } }; return r; } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println( "in main() - Thread.currentThread().getPriority()=" + Thread.currentThread().getPriority()); System.out.println("in main() - Thread.currentThread().getName()=" + Thread.currentThread().getName()); Thread threadA = new Thread(makeRunnable(), "threadA"); threadA.start(); try { Thread.sleep(3000); } catch (InterruptedException x) { } System.out.println("in main() - threadA.getPriority()=" + threadA.getPriority()); } }