Multithreading - Daemon Threads
Daemon threads are threads that run in the background. The best example for that is Garbage Collector.
Java provides following methods related to daemon threads :
1. isDaemon() - check if the thread is a daemon thread
2. setDaemon() - set the thread to be a daemon thread
By default, the main thread is not a daemon thread. All the child threads inherit the daemon nature from the thread that creates them.
Daemon threads are automatically terminated when all the non-daemon threads have finished execution.
The example for daemon thread can be found here
Java provides following methods related to daemon threads :
1. isDaemon() - check if the thread is a daemon thread
2. setDaemon() - set the thread to be a daemon thread
By default, the main thread is not a daemon thread. All the child threads inherit the daemon nature from the thread that creates them.
public class DaemonThreadExample { public static void main(String[] args) { MyThreadExtendingThreadClass t = new MyThreadExtendingThreadClass(); t.setDaemon(true); t.start(); // check till how many outputs it generates on the console System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().isDaemon()); System.out.println("Main thread completed"); } }
Daemon threads are automatically terminated when all the non-daemon threads have finished execution.
The example for daemon thread can be found here
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