org.simpleframework.common.thread

Class DaemonFactory

java.lang.Object

org.simpleframework.common.thread.DaemonFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ThreadFactory

public class DaemonFactory
extends Object
implements ThreadFactory

The DaemonFactory object is used to build threads and prefix the thread with a type name. Prefixing the threads with the type that it represents allows the purpose of the thread to be determined and also provides better debug information.

Author:

Niall Gallagher

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DaemonFactory() Constructor for the DaemonFactory object.
DaemonFactory(Class type) Constructor for the DaemonFactory object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Thread	newThread(Runnable task) This is used to create a thread from the provided runnable.
Thread	newThread(Runnable task, Class type) This is used to create a thread from the provided runnable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DaemonFactory

public DaemonFactory()

Constructor for the DaemonFactory object. This will provide a thread factory that names the threads based on the type of Runnable the pool executes.

DaemonFactory

public DaemonFactory(Class type)

Constructor for the DaemonFactory object. This will provide a thread factory that names the threads based on the type of Runnable the pool executes. Each of the threads is given a unique sequence number.

Parameters:

type - this is the type of runnable this will execute

Method Detail

newThread

public Thread newThread(Runnable task)

This is used to create a thread from the provided runnable. The thread created will contain a unique name which is prefixed with the type of task it has been created to execute. This provides some detail as to what the thread should be doing.

Specified by:

newThread in interface ThreadFactory

Parameters:

task - this is the task that the thread is to execute

Returns:

this returns a thread that will executed the given task

newThread

public Thread newThread(Runnable task,
                        Class type)

This is used to create a thread from the provided runnable. The thread created will contain a unique name which is prefixed with the type of task it has been created to execute. This provides some detail as to what the thread should be doing.

Parameters:

task - this is the task that the thread is to execute

type - this is the type of object the thread is to execute

Returns:

this returns a thread that will executed the given task