how to differentiate between two threads

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Hello everyone,

I have the following code in my program:

Thread getUsersist, getChatUsers;

getUsersList = new Thread(this, "getOnlineUsers");
getUsersList.start();
getChatUsers = new Thread(this, "getChatUsers");
getChatUsers.start();

In run(), I wish to know which thread is using run(). If its "getOnlineUsers" i will do something, If it is "getChatUsers" I will do something else. So how do I know which thread is using run()?

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