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Java - Daemon Thread

Daemon Thread in Java

A Daemon thread is created to support the user threads. It generallty works in
background and terminated once all the other threads are closed. Garbage collector is
one of the example of Daemon thread.

Characteristics of a Daemon Thread in Java

A Daemon thread is a low priority thread.

A Daemon thread is a service provider thread and should not be used as user
thread.

JVM automatically closes the daemon thread(s) if no active thread is present and
revives it if user threads are active again.

A daemon thread cannot prevent JVM to exit if all user threads are done.

Thread Class Methods for Java Daemon Thread

The following are the methods provided by the Thread class for Daemon Thread in Java -

Thread.setDaemon() Method: Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or

a user thread.

Thread.isDaemon() Method: Checks if this thread is a daemon thread.

Example of Java Daemon Thread

In this example, we've created a ThreadDemo class which extends Thread class. In main
method, we've created three threads. As we're not setting any thread as daemon thread,
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package com.tutorialspoint;
class ThreadDemo extends Thread {
ThreadDemo( ) {
}
public void run() {
System.out.println("Thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName()
+ ", is Daemon: " + Thread.currentThread().isDaemon());
}
public void start () {
super.start();
}
}
public class TestThread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
ThreadDemo thread1 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread2 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread3 = new ThreadDemo();
thread1.start();
thread2.start();
thread3.start();
}
}

Output

Thread Thread-1, is Daemon: false

Thread Thread-0, is Daemon: false
Thread Thread-2, is Daemon: false

More Example of Java Daemon Thread

Example 1

In this example, we've created a ThreadDemo class which extends Thread class. In main
method, we've created three threads. As we're setting one thread as daemon thread,
one thread will be printed as daemon thread.
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package com.tutorialspoint;
class ThreadDemo extends Thread {
ThreadDemo( ) {
}

public void run() {

System.out.println("Thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName()
+ ", is Daemon: " + Thread.currentThread().isDaemon());
}
public void start () {
super.start();
}
}
public class TestThread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
ThreadDemo thread1 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread2 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread3 = new ThreadDemo();
thread3.setDaemon(true);
thread1.start();
thread2.start();
thread3.start();
}
}

Output

Thread Thread-1, is Daemon: false

Thread Thread-2, is Daemon: true
Thread Thread-0, is Daemon: false

Example 2

In this example, we've created a ThreadDemo class which extends Thread class. In main
method, we've created three threads. Once a thread starts, it cannot be set as daemon
thread. As we're setting one thread as daemon thread after it started, a runtime
exception will be raised.
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package com.tutorialspoint;
class ThreadDemo extends Thread {
ThreadDemo( ) {
}
public void run() {
System.out.println("Thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName()
+ ", is Daemon: " + Thread.currentThread().isDaemon());
}
public void start () {
super.start();
}
}
public class TestThread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
ThreadDemo thread1 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread2 = new ThreadDemo();
ThreadDemo thread3 = new ThreadDemo();
thread1.start();
thread2.start();
thread3.start();
thread3.setDaemon(true);
}
}

Output

Exception in thread "main" Thread Thread-1, is Daemon: false

Thread Thread-2, is Daemon: false
Thread Thread-0, is Daemon: false
java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException
at java.lang.Thread.setDaemon(Unknown Source)
at com.tutorialspoint.TestThread.main(TestThread.java:27)

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