I think Maven executes a System.exit at the end, which will terminate all threads, regardless of daemon state.
With regards, Nick Stolwijk ~Java Developer~ IPROFS BV. Claus Sluterweg 125 2012 WS Haarlem http://www.iprofs.nl On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, James Russo <j...@halo3.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Actually it is the other way around. Daemon threads will not hold up JVM > from exiting, but non-deamon threads will. > > "Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or a user thread. The Java > Virtual Machine exits when the only threads running are all daemon threads." > > The daemon flag will be set if the creating thread is a daemon thread. > Maybe force the setDaemon to false on the newly created thread and that may > give you desired effect. > > -jr > > > Brian Fox wrote: > >> Maven just exits when it's done and then the jdk pulls everything >> down. Isn't there a flag you can set on a thread to mark it as a >> daemon thread, and then the system waits before killing it? >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Gajo Csaba <csaba.g...@cosylab.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Good idea! I was actually hoping there was some switch I can set in Maven >>> to >>> tell it not to terminate my thread, but I guess your idea would work fine >>> as >>> well. Thanks! >>> Csaba >>> >>> >>> Stephen Connolly wrote: >>> >>> >>>> add a second goal >>>> >>>> the first goal will store some thread completion object in MavenSession >>>> or >>>> in a Class level static field >>>> >>>> When all threads are finished the completion object will be updated by >>>> the >>>> last thread >>>> >>>> The second goal blocks until the completion object is completed. >>>> >>>> Then add the second goal execution to your project at the appropriate >>>> phase >>>> where you need the execution to have completed... >>>> >>>> for example if you start the threads in the process-sources phase, you >>>> might >>>> be happy to let them run in the background until the test phase has >>>> completed, but they must be finished by the time the package phase runs, >>>> so >>>> I would bind your execution of the second goal to the test phase >>>> >>>> -Stephen >>>> >>>> 2009/10/28 Gajo Csaba <csaba.g...@cosylab.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
