In Java, how do you determine if a thread is running?

Question

How do you determine if a thread is running?

Answer 1

Thought to write a code to demonstrate the isAlive() , getState() methods, this example monitors a thread still it terminates(dies).

package Threads;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class ThreadRunning {


    static class MyRunnable implements Runnable {

        private void method1() {

            for(int i=0;i<3;i++){
                try{
                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
                }catch(InterruptedException ex){}
                method2();
            }
            System.out.println("Existing Method1");
        }

        private void method2() {

            for(int i=0;i<2;i++){
                try{
                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
                }catch(InterruptedException ex){}
                method3();
            }
            System.out.println("Existing Method2");
        }

        private void method3() {

            for(int i=0;i<1;i++){
                try{
                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
                }catch(InterruptedException ex){}

            }
            System.out.println("Existing Method3");
        }

        public void run(){
            method1();
        }
    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {

        MyRunnable runMe=new MyRunnable();

        Thread aThread=new Thread(runMe,"Thread A");

        aThread.start();

        monitorThread(aThread);

    }

    public static void monitorThread(Thread monitorMe) {

        while(monitorMe.isAlive())
         {
         try{   
           StackTraceElement[] threadStacktrace=monitorMe.getStackTrace();

           System.out.println(monitorMe.getName() +" is Alive and it's state ="+monitorMe.getState()+" ||  Execution is in method : ("+threadStacktrace[0].getClassName()+"::"+threadStacktrace[0].getMethodName()+") @line"+threadStacktrace[0].getLineNumber());  

               TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(700);
           }catch(Exception ex){}
    /* since threadStacktrace may be empty upon reference since Thread A may be terminated after the monitorMe.getStackTrace(); call*/
         }
        System.out.println(monitorMe.getName()+" is dead and its state ="+monitorMe.getState());
    }


}