Executor and Daemon in Java

Question

I have a MyThread object which I instantiate when my app is loaded through the server, I mark it as a Daemon thread and then call start() on it. The thread is m

Answer 1

Just to complement with another possible solution for completeness. It may not be as nice though.

final Executor executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        executor.shutdownNow();
    }
});