Can exception/error in one thread halt the whole application?

Question

If an error / exeption is thrown in a thread (not a main one) can this halt the whole application ?

Is there such possibility ? Or will this just stop the thread it was running in ?

Answer 1

If an error / exeption is thrown in a thread (not a main one) can this halt the whole application ?

It will if it causes the only non-daemon thread to return from run()

If there are other non-daemon threads running or the exception or error is caught and handled, the application will keep running.

will this just stop the thread it was running in ?

if the exception or error is caught and handled it might not stop any threads.