Detailed explanation of JAVA thread problem diagnosis tool Thread Dump
Thread Dump is a very useful tool for diagnosing problems with Java applications. Every Java virtual machine has the ability to generate a thread-dump of the state of all threads at a given point in time. Although the thread dump printed by each Java virtual machine varies slightly, most of them provide a snapshot of the currently active thread and a stack trace of all Java threads in the JVM. The stack information usually contains the full class name and the methods executed and, if possible, the source code line number.