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Evidence 4 Main Thread dead after main method exits (SCJP forum at JavaRanch)

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Jeganathan Swaminathan Greenhorn Joined: Dec 12, 2000 Posts: 5

Evidence 4 Main Thread dead after main method exits

posted 12/14/2000 12:22 PM

Hi all, I read Maha's discussions, I found her discussions is really useful and great, but in the Threads topic i found her saying that Main thread will wait till all its child threads dies . But the program given below shows clearly contradicts, may be i'm wrong, so i want comments on this as i'm taking the SCJP2 within 2 weeks.

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Evidence 4 Main Thread dead after main method exits (SCJP forum at JavaRanch)

with regards, Jeganathan

S.Jeganathan MC A<BR>Software Engg.<BR>PSI Data Systems Ltd.,<BR>Bangalore.<BR>jeganath@psi.soft.net

Adrian Yan Ranch Hand Joined: Oct 02, 2000 Posts: 688 Ajith Kallambella Sheriff Joined: Mar 17, 2000 Posts: 5782

posted 12/14/2000 8:47 PM

Main thread does not wait for all children threads. Main thread by default is a daemon thread.

posted 12/14/2000 9:02 PM

Adrian, Main thread is not a daemon thread, it is a user thread. The main ThradGroup is not daemon either. Take a look at the following code( and read the comments ) which proves my point.
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Hope that helps, Ajith

Open Group C ertified Distinguished IT Architect. Open Group C ertified Master IT Architect. Sun C ertified Architect (SC EA). Jeganathan Swaminathan Greenhorn Joined: Dec 12,

posted 12/15/2000 9:42 AM

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I agree that main thread is not a Daemon thread but can anyone comment about Whether main thread exits when main method terminates? And thanks a lot 4 ur replies.

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Evidence 4 Main Thread dead after main method exits (SCJP forum at JavaRanch)
method terminates? And thanks a lot 4 ur replies.

vadiraj vd Ranch Hand Joined: Dec 15, 2000 Posts: 68

posted 12/15/2000 4:59 PM

Yes Jeganathan main thread dies before the child thread in your case. I too had this confusion but after reading khalid I'm satisfied. Read page no. 273. My doubt originated from the program that I tried. Here's it. // program to demonstrate main thread dies before the child thread. class ChildThread extends Thread { Thread mainThread; ChildThread(Thread t) { mainThread = t; } public void run() { System.out.println("Main thread is alive at the start of run meth() : " + mainThread.isAlive()); try { for(int i =0;i<5;i++) { sleep(500); System.out.println("Child Thread counting : " + i); System.out.println("Main thread is alive in the run meth() : " + mainThread.isAlive()); } } catch(InterruptedException r){} System.out.println("Main thread is alive at the end of run meth() : " + mainThread.isAlive()); } } public class MainThreadIsAlive { public static void main(String a[]) { Thread t = Thread.currentThread(); System.out.println("Main thread is alive at the start of main meth() : " + t.isAlive()); ChildThread child = new ChildThread(t); child.start(); System.out.println("Main thread is alive at the end of main meth() : " + t.isAlive()); } } -vadiraj
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