Java Data Type Tutorial - Java Thread.setDaemon(boolean on)

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Syntax

Thread.setDaemon(boolean on) has the following syntax.

public final void setDaemon(boolean on)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Thread.setDaemon(boolean on) method.

class MyThread extends Thread {
   MyThread() {/*w w w .  j  a  va 2 s  . c  o  m*/
      setDaemon(false);
   }
   public void run() {
      boolean d = isDaemon();
      System.out.println("daemon = " + d);
   }
}

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    
    Thread thread = new MyThread();
    System.out.println("thread = " + thread.currentThread());
    thread.setDaemon(false);
   
    thread.start();
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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