Java ThreadGroup getParent() method

The getParent() method of ThreadGroup class returns the parent of the thread group.

Syntax:

Return:

This method returns the parent of the thread group.

Exception:

SecurityException: If the current thread cannot modify the thread group.

Example

class NewThread extends Thread 
{
    NewThread(String threadname, ThreadGroup tg)
    {
        super(tg, threadname);
    }
    public void run()
    {
        for(int i = 0;i < 10;i++) 
        {
            i++;
        }
        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " completed executing");
    }
}
public class ThreadGroupGetParentExp 
{
    public static void main(String arg[]) throws InterruptedException,
        SecurityException, Exception
    {
        // creating a parent threadGroup
        ThreadGroup tg1 = new ThreadGroup("Parent thread");
        // creating a child threadGroup 
        ThreadGroup tg2 = new ThreadGroup(tg1, "Child thread");

        // creating a thread 
        NewThread t1 = new NewThread("Thread-1", tg1);
        System.out.println("Starting Thread-1");
        t1.start();

       // creating another thread 
        NewThread t2 = new NewThread("Thread-2", tg2);
        System.out.println("Starting Thread-2");
        t2.start();

        // print the parentThreadGroup of parent thread
        System.out.println("ParentThreadGroup for " +
            tg1.getName() + " is " + tg1.getParent().getName());
        // print the parentThreadGroup of child thread
        System.out.println("ParentThreadGroup for " +
            tg2.getName() + " is " + tg2.getParent().getName());    
    }
}

Test it Now

Output:

Starting Thread-1
Starting Thread-2
ParentThreadGroup for Parent thread is main
ParentThreadGroup for Child thread is Parent thread
Thread-1 completed executing
Thread-2 completed executing

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