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Java Daemon Threads Guide

A daemon thread in Java is a low priority service provider thread that runs in the background to support user threads. Daemon threads have their lifecycles tied to the JVM and user threads - if all user threads finish execution, the JVM will terminate and stop all remaining daemon threads. Common examples of daemon threads in Java include the garbage collector thread and finalizer thread.

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Java Daemon Threads Guide

A daemon thread in Java is a low priority service provider thread that runs in the background to support user threads. Daemon threads have their lifecycles tied to the JVM and user threads - if all user threads finish execution, the JVM will terminate and stop all remaining daemon threads. Common examples of daemon threads in Java include the garbage collector thread and finalizer thread.

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Daemon Thread

Daemon thread in Java is a service provider thread that provides services to the user thread.
Its life depends on the mercy of the user threads i.e when the entire threads die, JVM
terminates this (means Daemon thread) thread automatically.

There are many Java daemon threads running automatically i.e Garbage collector, finalizer
etc

JVM

Other Daemon thread


Main Thread
Eg. Gargbage collector

Start() start()

Thread A Thread B

Method:

1] public final void setDaemon(boolean) :- marks the thread as daemon

2] public final boolean isDaemon() : - tests if the thread is a daemon thread.

class Test extends Thread


{
public void run()
{
[Link](“Child Thread”); //Daemon thread
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
[Link](“Main Thread”);
Test t=new Test();
[Link](true); //create Daemon thread
[Link]();
}

Note:
Case 1:

i. We have to create Daemon thread before starting the thread.


ii. If we create Daemon thread after the starting the thread, it will create runtime
exception i.e IllegalThreadStateException.

Case 2:

We cannot create main thread as Daemon Thread.

i.e. [Link](true);

class Test extends Thread


{
public void run()
{
[Link](“Child Thread”); //Daemon thread
}
Public static void main(String args[])
{
[Link](true);
[Link](“Main Thread”);
Test t=new Test();
[Link](true); //create Daemon thread
[Link]();
}

class Test extends Thread


{
public void run()
{
If([Link]().isDaemon())
[Link](“DaemonThread”); //Daemon thread
else
[Link](“User Thread”);
}
Public static void main(String args[])
{
[Link](“Main Thread”);
Test t1=new Test();
Test t2=new Test();
Test t3=new Test();
[Link](true); //create Daemon thread
[Link]();
[Link]();
[Link]();
}

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