//: c14:Daemons.java // From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition // Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com // (c) Bruce Eckel 1999 // Copyright notice in Copyright.txt // Daemonic behavior import java.io.*; class Daemon extends Thread { private static final int SIZE = 10; private Thread[] t = new Thread[SIZE]; public Daemon() { setDaemon(true); start(); } public void run() { for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) t[i] = new DaemonSpawn(i); for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) System.out.println( "t[" + i + "].isDaemon() = " + t[i].isDaemon()); while(true) yield(); } } class DaemonSpawn extends Thread { public DaemonSpawn(int i) { System.out.println( "DaemonSpawn " + i + " started"); start(); } public void run() { while(true) yield(); } } public class Daemons { public static void main(String[] args) { Thread d = new Daemon(); System.out.println( "d.isDaemon() = " + d.isDaemon()); // Allow the daemon threads to finish // their startup processes: BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(System.in)); System.out.println("Waiting for CR"); try { stdin.readLine(); } catch(IOException e) {} } } ///:~