Java有一种特殊的线程，称为守护线程。

非常低的优先级。 仅在同一程序没有其他线程正在运行时执行。 当守护线程结束时，JVM结束程序，完成这些线程 程序中运行的唯一线程。

守护线程用于什么?

通常用作普通线程的服务提供者。 通常有一个等待服务请求或执行线程任务的无限循环。 他们不能做重要的工作。(因为我们不知道它们什么时候会有CPU时间，如果没有任何其他线程在运行，它们可以在任何时间完成。)

这类线程的一个典型示例是Java垃圾收集器。

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在调用start()方法之前，只能调用setDaemon()方法。线程运行后，就不能修改它的守护进程状态。 使用isDaemon()方法检查线程是守护线程还是用户线程。

当最后一个非守护进程线程执行完成时，JVM将完成这项工作。默认情况下，JVM将创建一个线程作为非守护进程，但我们可以通过setDaemon(true)方法将线程创建为守护进程。Daemon线程的一个很好的例子是GC线程，它将在所有非Daemon线程完成后立即完成它的工作。

对我来说，守护线程就像用户线程的管家。 如果所有用户线程都已完成，守护进程线程就没有任务 JVM杀死。 我在YouTube视频里解释过了。

答案已经有很多了;然而，也许我可以更清楚地解释这一点，因为当我阅读Daemon Threads时，最初，我有一种感觉，我很好地理解了它;然而，在玩了它并调试了一下之后，我发现了一个奇怪的行为。

我被教导:

如果我想让线程在主线程有序完成执行后立即死亡，我应该将其设置为Diamond。

我尝试了什么:

我从主线程中创建了两个线程，我只将其中一个设置为菱形; 在主线程有序完成执行后，那些新创建的线程都没有退出，但我预计，守护线程应该已经退出; 我浏览了许多博客和文章，到目前为止，我找到的最好、最清晰的定义来自《Java并发实践》一书，它非常清楚地指出:

7.4.2守护线程

Sometimes you want to create a thread that performs some helper function but you don’t want the existence of this thread to prevent the JVM from shutting down. This is what daemon threads are for. Threads are divided into two types: normal threads and daemon threads. When the JVM starts up, all the threads it creates (such as garbage collector and other housekeeping threads) are daemon threads, except the main thread. When a new thread is created, it inherits the daemon status of the thread that created it, so by default any threads created by the main thread are also normal threads. Normal threads and daemon threads differ only in what happens when they exit. When a thread exits, the JVM performs an inventory of running threads, and if the only threads that are left are daemon threads, it initiates an orderly shutdown. When the JVM halts, any remaining daemon threads are abandoned— finally blocks are not executed, stacks are not unwound—the JVM just exits. Daemon threads should be used sparingly—few processing activities can be safely abandoned at any time with no cleanup. In particular, it is dangerous to use daemon threads for tasks that might perform any sort of I/O. Daemon threads are best saved for “housekeeping” tasks, such as a background thread that periodically removes expired entries from an in-memory cache.

守护线程是在程序完成但线程仍在运行时不阻止JVM退出的线程。守护进程线程的一个例子是垃圾收集。

您可以使用setDaemon(boolean)方法在线程启动之前更改线程守护进程属性。

Daemon threads are those threads which provide general services for user threads (Example : clean up services - garbage collector) Daemon threads are running all the time until kill by the JVM Daemon Threads are treated differently than User Thread when JVM terminates , finally blocks are not called JVM just exits JVM doesn't terminates unless all the user threads terminate. JVM terminates if all user threads are dies JVM doesn't wait for any daemon thread to finish before existing and finally blocks are not called If all user threads dies JVM kills all the daemon threads before stops When all user threads have terminated, daemon threads can also be terminated and the main program terminates setDaemon() method must be called before the thread's start() method is invoked Once a thread has started executing its daemon status cannot be changed To determine if a thread is a daemon thread, use the accessor method isDaemon()