[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JGRP-555) CreateTimer in ProtocolStack does not create threads that are demon - is there a reason why they shouldn't be demon threads.

[Bela Ban (JIRA)]

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-555?page=comments#action_12368556 ] 
            
Bela Ban commented on JGRP-555:
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No reason not to make them daemon threads. Unlike http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-541, where threads are waiting on IO, timer threads usually don't

> CreateTimer in ProtocolStack does not create threads that are demon - is there a reason why they shouldn't be demon threads.
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>                 Key: JGRP-555
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-555
>             Project: JGroups
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Dipak Kothari
>         Assigned To: Bela Ban
>             Fix For: 2.5
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> The method createTimer in ProtocolStack provides a ThreadFactory implementation which creates threads that are not demon.  Is this a design decision?

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