Daemon.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.util;

/** A thread that has called {@link Thread#setDaemon(boolean) } with true.*/
public class Daemon extends Thread {

  {
    setDaemon(true);                              // always a daemon
  }

  Runnable runnable = null;
  /** Construct a daemon thread. */
  public Daemon() {
    super();
  }

  /** Construct a daemon thread. */
  public Daemon(Runnable runnable) {
    super(runnable);
    this.runnable = runnable;
    this.setName(((Object)runnable).toString());
  }

  /** Construct a daemon thread to be part of a specified thread group. */
  public Daemon(ThreadGroup group, Runnable runnable) {
    super(group, runnable);
    this.runnable = runnable;
    this.setName(((Object)runnable).toString());
  }

  public Runnable getRunnable() {
    return runnable;
  }
}