Answer by Okky for What is a daemon thread in Java?
Daemon threads are like a service providers for other threads or objects running in the same process as the daemon thread. Daemon threads are used for background supporting tasks and are only needed...
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All the above answers are good. Here's a simple little code snippet, to illustrate the difference. Try it with each of the values of true and false in setDaemon.public class DaemonTest { public static...
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Daemon Thread and User Threads. Generally all threads created by programmer are user thread (unless you specify it to be daemon or your parent thread is a daemon thread). User thread are generally...
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A few more points (Reference: Java Concurrency in Practice) When a new thread is created it inherits the daemon status of itsparent.When all non-daemon threads finish, the JVM halts, and any remaining...
View ArticleAnswer by Jack for What is a daemon thread in Java?
A daemon thread is a thread that is considered doing some tasks in the background like handling requests or various chronjobs that can exist in an application.When your program only have daemon threads...
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Traditionally daemon processes in UNIX were those that were constantly running in background, much like services in Windows.A daemon thread in Java is one that doesn't prevent the JVM from exiting....
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A daemon thread is a thread that does not prevent the JVM from exiting when the program finishes but the thread is still running. An example for a daemon thread is the garbage collection.You can use...
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