Check if a Thread is running

How can I check if a thread has been started?I want to use a thread to start a series of other threads but only if these threads are not already running...Thank you for you time...
[201 byte] By [java_swing_dudea] at [2007-11-27 9:50:11]
# 1
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html#isAlive()The above method checks to see if a Thread has been started.
_helloWorld_a at 2007-7-13 0:18:46 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 2
yepisAlive() should solve your problem
pbulgarellia at 2007-7-13 0:18:46 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...