How to give name to a callable Thread?

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I am executing a Callable Object using ExecutorService thread pool. I want to give a name to this thread.

To be more specific, in older version I did this -

Thread thread = new Thread(runnable Task);
thread.setName("My Thread Name");

I use thread name in log4j logging, this helps a lot while troubleshooting. Now I am migrating my code from Java 1.4 to Java 1.6. I have written this(Given below)- but I dont know how to give name to this thread.

private final ExecutorService executorPool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
Future<String> result = executorPool.submit(callable Task);

Please give me some idea to give name to this thread?

java.util.concurrent executorservice multithreading java
8 Answers
/**
 * The default thread factory
 */
static class DefaultThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
    static final AtomicInteger poolNumber = new AtomicInteger(1);
    final ThreadGroup group;
    final AtomicInteger threadNumber = new AtomicInteger(1);
    final String namePrefix;

    DefaultThreadFactory() {
        SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
        group = (s != null)? s.getThreadGroup() :
                             Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
        namePrefix = "pool-" + 
                      poolNumber.getAndIncrement() + 
                     "-thread-";
    }

    public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
        Thread t = new Thread(group, r, 
                              namePrefix + threadNumber.getAndIncrement(),
                              0);
        if (t.isDaemon())
            t.setDaemon(false);
        if (t.getPriority() != Thread.NORM_PRIORITY)
            t.setPriority(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY);
        return t;
    }
}

This is the original implementation in Java 1.5.0. So, you actually have the names as pool-x-thread where x stands for the order of the thread in the current thread group.

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