Start Thread and SetDaemon Question

[Pokenerd]

I know this is strange, but i have a simple syntax question. Right now I'm working with a thread in the following format. The use of "setDaemon" in the run function does not work, as you apparently must set Daemon before you start the thread.

new Thread()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                setDaemon(true); // This is what is causing the error. 
                while(true)
                {
                    //Update loop stuff
                }
            }
        }.start();

Is it possible to do something like what is below, where i move the set daemon near the "start()". However to do this will try to start void.

new Thread()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                while(true)
                {
                    //Update loop stuff
                }
            }
        }.setDaemon(true).start();

So how would I do something so that I can setDaemon(true), and also start the thread, while maintaing this kind of formatting.

I'm sorry if this is a duplicate thread, but i've been unable to find anything talking about what I want to do.

[kramerd]

When you do new Thread() {...}.start(); , you are creating an unnamed class and using it right where you declare it. I understand you are asking how to call setDaemon using this syntax, but I'm not sure it's possible. So my question is, why can't you create a named class for your thread instead? If you do that, then it won't be a problem to create the thread object, call setDaemon on it and then call start. ??

[Ezzaral]

Yes, as Kramerd suggested, you'll need to create the Thread object, setDaemon(), and then start it.

The setDaemon() method is a void return, so you cannot chain it as you tried above. If setDaemon() returned a reference to itself then chaining would be possible.

[Pokenerd]

All this makes sense, but does anyone have a solution?

I would try to keep this as an un named class for organization, and so that it shares the private variables of this class.

[Ezzaral]

You don't have to name the class, just the reference you're creating.

Thread t = new Thread()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                while(true)
                {
                    //Update loop stuff
                }
            }
        };
t.setDaemon(true);
t.start();

[Pokenerd]

Awesome - that worked perfectly. I could have sworn I tried this, but I probably forgot to remove the .start() at the end.

Thanks again for your help :)