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

    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