question: public void execute ( final Runnable task ) { String name = metadata . get ( Metadata . RESOURCE_NAME_KEY ) ; if ( name != null ) { name = "ICIJ Extract: " + name ; } else { name = "ICIJ Extract" ; } final Thread thread = new Thread ( task , name ) ; thread . setDaemon ( true ) ; thread . start ( ) ; }
target:  Executes the given task in a daemon thread.