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User Thread Daemon Thread

There are two types of threads in Java: user threads and daemon threads. User threads are used for critical and important tasks, while daemon threads are used for non-critical background tasks with lower priority. The JVM will wait for all user threads to finish before terminating, but will terminate even if daemon threads are still running, as they are not considered essential to the application. Daemon threads are typically created by the JVM for garbage collection and other internal tasks, whereas user threads are usually created by the application code.

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User Thread Daemon Thread

There are two types of threads in Java: user threads and daemon threads. User threads are used for critical and important tasks, while daemon threads are used for non-critical background tasks with lower priority. The JVM will wait for all user threads to finish before terminating, but will terminate even if daemon threads are still running, as they are not considered essential to the application. Daemon threads are typically created by the JVM for garbage collection and other internal tasks, whereas user threads are usually created by the application code.

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Types of Thread

User thread Daemon Thread

A thread is used to perform parallel execution in


Java e.g. while rendering screen your program is
also downloading the data from the internet in the
background. There are two types of threads in
Java, user thread and daemon thread, both of
which can use to implement parallel processing in
Java depending upon priority and importance of
the task. The main difference between a user
thread and a daemon thread is that your Java
program will not finish execution until one of the user thread is live. JVM will
wait for all active user threads to finish their execution before it shutdown
itself. On the other hand, a daemon thread doesn't get that preference, JVM
will exit and close the Java program even if there is a daemon thread
running in the background. They are treated as low priority threads in Java,
that's why they are more suitable for non-critical background jobs.

Let’s see with an example:


Output:
In the above example we see that the daemon thread stopped executing
right after user thread completed it’s execution.

Difference between User thread and Daemon thread


 JVM doesn't wait for daemon thread to finish
First and foremost difference is that JVM will
not wait for daemon thread to finish their work
but it will wait for any active user thread.
 JVM itself creates Daemon thread
Another difference between them is that
daemon thread is mostly created by JVM e.g.
for some garbage collection job. On the other
hand user thread is usually created by the application for executing
some task concurrently.
 Daemon thread is not used for critical task
Another key difference between daemon and user thread is that
daemons are not used for any critical task. Any important task is done by
non-daemon or user thread. A daemon thread is generally used for some
background tasks which are not critical.
 Thread Priority
As compared to user thread, the daemon threads are low priority
thread. Which means they won't get CPU as easily as a user thread can
get.
 JVM closes daemon thread
The user thread is closed by application or by itself but JVM will force
daemon thread to terminate if all user threads have finished their
execution. A daemon thread cannot keep the JVM running but a user
thread can. This is the most critical difference between daemon and user
thread which you should remember.

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