// tasks/DaemonFromFactory.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information. // Using a Thread Factory to create daemons import java.util.concurrent.*; import onjava.*; public class DaemonFromFactory implements Runnable { @Override public void run() { try { while(true) { TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(100); System.out.println( Thread.currentThread() + " " + this); } } catch(InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("Interrupted"); } } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ExecutorService exec = Executors.newCachedThreadPool( new DaemonThreadFactory()); for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) exec.execute(new DaemonFromFactory()); System.out.println("All daemons started"); TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(500); // Run for a while } } /* Output: (First 10 Lines) All daemons started Thread[Thread-2,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@1bb3d5e Thread[Thread-8,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@12aef8a Thread[Thread-9,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@b5ecf4 Thread[Thread-0,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@3e3d06 Thread[Thread-1,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@425a41 Thread[Thread-5,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@4f61c0 Thread[Thread-4,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@53f1ba Thread[Thread-6,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@baf372 Thread[Thread-3,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@1437b8f ... */