How do I customize all the names of the child threads of a ThreadFactory in Java?

Question

If I am extending an existing ThreadFactory implementation, how would I go able ensuring that all threads created would have the same prefix? I'm sick and tired of looking at Thread-9 in my logs and would like to distinguish between threads more easily.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to go about this?

Answer 1

Provide your own implementation of the ThreadFactory interface:

pool = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(numberOfThreads, new TF());

class TF implements ThreadFactory {
    public synchronized Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
        Thread t = new Thread(r) ;
        t.setName("Something here....");  
        return t;
    }
}

Answer 2

Can you provide your own ThreadFactory ? That will allow you to create threads with whatever naming convention you require.