//: concurrency/SimpleDaemons.java // ©2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // Daemon threads don't prevent the program from ending. import java.util.concurrent.*; import static com.mindviewinc.util.Print.*; public class SimpleDaemons implements Runnable { @Override public void run() { try { while(true) { TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(100); print(Thread.currentThread() + " " + this); } } catch(InterruptedException e) { print("sleep() interrupted"); } } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { Thread daemon = new Thread(new SimpleDaemons()); daemon.setDaemon(true); // Must call before start() daemon.start(); } print("All daemons started"); TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(175); } } /* Output: All daemons started Thread[Thread-6,5,main] SimpleDaemons@b87187 Thread[Thread-4,5,main] SimpleDaemons@1fb28c1 Thread[Thread-8,5,main] SimpleDaemons@8ebcf Thread[Thread-7,5,main] SimpleDaemons@54761d Thread[Thread-9,5,main] SimpleDaemons@156afef Thread[Thread-0,5,main] SimpleDaemons@1320c4d Thread[Thread-3,5,main] SimpleDaemons@4683f2 Thread[Thread-2,5,main] SimpleDaemons@4f80f2 Thread[Thread-5,5,main] SimpleDaemons@29c11d Thread[Thread-1,5,main] SimpleDaemons@9df74c *///:~