AmDaemon (Daemon property)

Is the current thread controlled by a Daemon? (Daemon class)

AmDaemon returns a Boolean enumeration to indicate whether AmDaemon was issued on a daemon thread associated with a Daemon object.

Syntax

%boolean = %(Daemon):AmDaemon

Syntax terms

%boolean	An enumeration object of type Boolean to contain the returned value of AmDaemon. AmDaemon returns True if issued on a Daemon-associated thread; otherwise it returns False.
%(Daemon)	The class name in parentheses denotes a shared method. AmDaemon can also be invoked via a Daemon object variable, which may be Null.

Usage notes

• Since a daemon thread can run web requests, socket server requests, and $CommndL requests, AmDaemon distinguishes a daemon thread that is working for a Daemon object from, say, a daemon thread running a web request. This distinction is particularly important for certain methods, such as ReturnToMaster or ReturnObject, that can only be issued on a thread associated with a Daemon object.
• If a daemon thread was spawned by RunIndependently, AmDaemon returns False since the daemon thread has no returnable objects.

See also

Daemon class	List of Daemon methods	Daemon methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods