Merge pull request #219 from minerharry/patch-1

LeeKamentsky · web-flow · commit 8fd52f1966cc · 2025-03-27T11:06:01.000-04:00
Make javabridge thread run as daemon in start_vm
diff --git a/javabridge/jutil.py b/javabridge/jutil.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def __enter__(self):
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         kill_vm()
 
-def start_vm(args=None, class_path=None, max_heap_size=None, run_headless=False):
+def start_vm(args=None, class_path=None, max_heap_size=None, run_headless=False,as_daemon=True):
     '''Start the Java Virtual Machine.
 
     :param args: a list of strings, encoding arbitrary startup options
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def start_thread(args=args, run_headless=run_headless):
             vm.destroy()
         __dead_event.set()
         
-    __start_thread = threading.Thread(target=start_thread)
+    __start_thread = threading.Thread(target=start_thread,daemon=as_daemon)
     __start_thread.setName("JVMMonitor")
     __start_thread.start()
     start_event.wait()
