How to measure Java thread execution time?

Question

Hey,

I want to measure thread execution time in Java. Now I'm monitoring thread start and end times, but I think it's not so accurate because thread could be suspended during it execution.

Answer 1

This is nontrivial. Your best bet is to use a profiler which can accumulate the actual CPU cycles used.

Answer 2

Java MXBeans can provide per-thread CPU time:

import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;

long nanos = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean().getThreadCpuTime(Thread.currentThread().getId());

Answer 3

Use a profiling solutions that supports multiple metrics. We call them (metrics) meters in our product supporting standard ones like CPU time, blocking time, waiting time even custom meters based on key performance indicators. I assume you would also like to see what exactly a thread is doing which in that case you definitely need to consider a product rather than a home grown ad hoc solution.