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Daemon Thread

 
public class DaemonThread implements Runnable {
  public void run() {
    System.out.println("entering run()");

    try {
      System.out.println("in run(): currentThread() is"
          + Thread.currentThread());

      while (true) {
        try {
          Thread.sleep(500);
        } catch (InterruptedException x) {
        }

        System.out.println("in run(): woke up again");
      }
    } finally {
      System.out.println("leaving run()");
    }
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("entering main()");

    Thread t = new Thread(new DaemonThread());
    t.setDaemon(true);
    t.start();

    try {
      Thread.sleep(3000);
    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
    }

    System.out.println("leaving main()");
  }

}


           
         
  

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