Instantiates a thread and gives it a name, and then the name is printed out from the run() method : Thread Starting « Thread « SCJP

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class NameRunnable implements Runnable {
   public void run() {
       System.out.println("NameRunnable running");
       System.out.println("Run by "
         + Thread.currentThread().getName());
   }
}
public class NameThread {
   public static void main (String [] args) {
     NameRunnable nr = new NameRunnable();
     Thread t = new Thread(nr);
     t.setName("Fred");
     t.start();
   }
}

NameRunnable running
Run by Fred