Get a list of all threads currently running in Java

Question

Is there any way I can get a list of all running threads in the current JVM (including the threads not started by my class)?

Is it also possible to get the

Answer 1

You can use getAllThreadIds that Returns all live thread IDs. Some threads included in the returned array may have been terminated when this method returns.

ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean().getAllThreadIds()

Answer 2

    public static void main(String[] args) {


        // Walk up all the way to the root thread group
        ThreadGroup rootGroup = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
        ThreadGroup parent;
        while ((parent = rootGroup.getParent()) != null) {
            rootGroup = parent;
        }

        listThreads(rootGroup, "");
    }


    // List all threads and recursively list all subgroup
    public static void listThreads(ThreadGroup group, String indent) {
        System.out.println(indent + "Group[" + group.getName() + 
                ":" + group.getClass()+"]");
        int nt = group.activeCount();
        Thread[] threads = new Thread[nt*2 + 10]; //nt is not accurate
        nt = group.enumerate(threads, false);

        // List every thread in the group
        for (int i=0; i<nt; i++) {
            Thread t = threads[i];
            System.out.println(indent + "  Thread[" + t.getName() 
                    + ":" + t.getClass() + "]");
        }

        // Recursively list all subgroups
        int ng = group.activeGroupCount();
        ThreadGroup[] groups = new ThreadGroup[ng*2 + 10];
        ng = group.enumerate(groups, false);

        for (int i=0; i<ng; i++) {
            listThreads(groups[i], indent + "  ");
        }
    }

Answer 3

In the java console, hit Ctrl-Break. It will list all threads plus some information about the heap. This won't give you access to the objects of course. But it can be very helpful for debugging anyway.

Answer 4

You can try something like this:

Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet().forEach((t) -> System.out.println(t.getName() + "\nIs Daemon " + t.isDaemon() + "\nIs Alive " + t.isAlive()));

and you can obviously get more thread characteristic if you need.

Answer 5

Code snippet to get list of threads started by main thread:

import java.util.Set;

public class ThreadSet {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
        Thread.currentThread().setName("ThreadSet");
        for ( int i=0; i< 3; i++){
            Thread t = new Thread(new MyThread());
            t.setName("MyThread:"+i);
            t.start();
        }
        Set<Thread> threadSet = Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet();
        for ( Thread t : threadSet){
            if ( t.getThreadGroup() == Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup()){
                System.out.println("Thread :"+t+":"+"state:"+t.getState());
            }
        }
    }
}

class MyThread implements Runnable{
    public void run(){
        try{
            Thread.sleep(5000);
        }catch(Exception err){
            err.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

output:

Thread :Thread[MyThread:2,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[MyThread:0,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[MyThread:1,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[ThreadSet,5,main]:state:RUNNABLE

If you need all threads including system threads, which have not been started by your program, remove below condition.

if ( t.getThreadGroup() == Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup())

Now output:

Thread :Thread[MyThread:2,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[Reference Handler,10,system]:state:WAITING
Thread :Thread[MyThread:1,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[ThreadSet,5,main]:state:RUNNABLE
Thread :Thread[MyThread:0,5,main]:state:TIMED_WAITING
Thread :Thread[Finalizer,8,system]:state:WAITING
Thread :Thread[Signal Dispatcher,9,system]:state:RUNNABLE
Thread :Thread[Attach Listener,5,system]:state:RUNNABLE

Answer 6

You can get a lot of information about threads from the ThreadMXBean.

Call the static ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean() method to get a reference to the MBean.