Thread.IsBackground Property

public bool IsBackground { get; set; }

/** @property */
public boolean get_IsBackground ()

/** @property */
public void set_IsBackground (boolean value)

public function get IsBackground () : boolean

public function set IsBackground (value : boolean)

using System;
using System.Threading;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        BackgroundTest shortTest = new BackgroundTest(10);
        Thread foregroundThread = 
            new Thread(new ThreadStart(shortTest.RunLoop));
        foregroundThread.Name = "ForegroundThread";

        BackgroundTest longTest = new BackgroundTest(50);
        Thread backgroundThread = 
            new Thread(new ThreadStart(longTest.RunLoop));
        backgroundThread.Name = "BackgroundThread";
        backgroundThread.IsBackground = true;

        foregroundThread.Start();
        backgroundThread.Start();
    }
}

class BackgroundTest
{
    int maxIterations;

    public BackgroundTest(int maxIterations)
    {
        this.maxIterations = maxIterations;
    }

    public void RunLoop()
    {
        String threadName = Thread.CurrentThread.Name;
        
        for(int i = 0; i < maxIterations; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} count: {1}", 
                threadName, i.ToString());
            Thread.Sleep(250);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("{0} finished counting.", threadName);
    }
}

import System.*;
import System.Threading.*;
import System.Threading.Thread;

class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        BackgroundTest shortTest = new BackgroundTest(10);
        Thread foregroundThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(shortTest.RunLoop));

        foregroundThread.set_Name("ForegroundThread");

        BackgroundTest longTest = new BackgroundTest(50);
        Thread backgroundThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(longTest.RunLoop));

        backgroundThread.set_Name("BackgroundThread");
        backgroundThread.set_IsBackground(true);
        foregroundThread.Start();
        backgroundThread.Start();
    } //main
} //Test

class BackgroundTest
{
    private int maxIterations;

    public BackgroundTest(int maxIterations)
    {
        this.maxIterations = maxIterations;
    } //BackgroundTest

    public void RunLoop()
    {
        String threadName = Thread.get_CurrentThread().get_Name();

        for (int i = 0; i < maxIterations; i++) {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} count: {1}", threadName, String.valueOf(i));
            Thread.Sleep(250);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("{0} finished counting.", threadName);
    } //RunLoop
} //BackgroundTest