de.jakop.lotus.domingo.threadpool

Interface ThreadFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultThreadFactory

public interface ThreadFactory

Interface for classes generating threads.

Author:

Kurt Riede

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Thread	createThread(Runnable target) Factory method to create Thread objects.
void	handleThrowable(Throwable throwable) Callback method if an Throwable occurs during starting a thread.
void	initThread() Initialize resources of a new thread.
void	termThread() Free resources of a new thread.

Method Detail

createThread

Thread createThread(Runnable target)

Factory method to create Thread objects.

The resulting object must not be of class Thread, but can also be of any Class derived from class Thread.

Parameters:

target - the object whose run() method gets called

Returns:

a Thread

initThread

void initThread()

Initialize resources of a new thread.

termThread

void termThread()

Free resources of a new thread.

handleThrowable

void handleThrowable(Throwable throwable)

Callback method if an Throwable occurs during starting a thread.

A component that uses a thread factory (e.g. a thread pool) can call this method to notify the thread factory about problems when creating a thread.

Parameters:

throwable - a throwable that occurred during starting a thread