// concurrency/DaemonFromFactory.java // ©2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // Using a Thread Factory to create daemons. import java.util.concurrent.*; import com.mindviewinc.util.*; import static com.mindviewinc.util.Print.*; public class DaemonFromFactory implements Runnable { @Override public void run() { try { while(true) { TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(100); print(Thread.currentThread() + " " + this); } } catch(InterruptedException e) { print("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()); print("All daemons started"); TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(500); // Run for a while } } /* Output: (First 10 Lines) All daemons started Thread[Thread-7,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@e6b01c Thread[Thread-5,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@58daee Thread[Thread-8,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@196b6d3 Thread[Thread-4,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@122e705 Thread[Thread-9,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@15db0c6 Thread[Thread-1,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@103bc45 Thread[Thread-0,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@1e19df Thread[Thread-3,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@963672 Thread[Thread-6,5,main] DaemonFromFactory@2f2043 ... */