Daemon thread in Java are those thread which runs in background and mostly created by JVM for performing background task like Garbage collection and other house keeping tasks. Difference between Daemon and Non Daemon(User Threads) is also an interesting multi-threading interview question, which asked mostly on fresher level java interviews. In one line main difference between daemon thread and user thread is that as soon as all user thread finish execution java program or JVM terminates itself, JVM doesn't wait for daemon thread to finish there execution. As soon as last non daemon thread finished JVM terminates no matter how many Daemon thread exists or running inside JVM. In this java thread tutorial we will see example of Daemon thread in Java and some more differences between Daemon and non daemon threads.
Important points about Daemon threads in Java
1. Any thread created by main thread, which runs main method in Java is by default non daemon because Thread inherits its daemon nature from the Thread which creates it i.e. parent Thread and since main thread is a non daemon thread, any other thread created from it will remain non-daemon until explicitly made daemon by calling setDaemon(true).
2. Thread.setDaemon(true) makes a Thread daemon but it can only be called before starting Thread in Java. It will throw IllegalThreadStateException if corresponding Thread is already started and running.
3. Daemon Threads are suitable for doing background jobs like housekeeping, Though I have yet to use it for any practical purpose in application code. let us know if you have used daemon thread in your java application for any practical purpose.
Difference between Daemon and Non Daemon thread in Java
here are couple of differences between daemon and user thread in Java:
1) JVM doesn't wait for any daemon thread to finish before existing.
2) Daemon Thread are treated differently than User Thread when JVM terminates, finally blocks are not called, Stacks are not unwounded and JVM just exits.
Daemon Thread Example in Java
Here is a code example of daemon thread in java. we make a user thread daemon by calling setDaemon(true) and every time you run you will see variable number of print statement related to "daemon thread is running" you will never see print statement written in finally block because finally will not be called.public class DaemonThreadExample {
public static void main(String args[]){
Thread daemonThread = new Thread(new Runnable(){
@Override
public void run(){
try{
while(true){
System.out.println("Daemon thread is running");
}
}catch(Exception e){
}finally{
System.out.println("Daemon Thread exiting"); //never called
}
}
}, "Daemon-Thread");
daemonThread.setDaemon(true); //making this thread daemon
daemonThread.start();
}
Output:
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
Daemon thread is running
That’s all on What is Daemon Thread in Java and difference between Daemon and non daemon thread in Java with code example of Daemon thread in Java. JVM also uses daemon thread for Garbage collection.
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