org.jaitools
Class DaemonThreadFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jaitools.DaemonThreadFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ThreadFactory

public class DaemonThreadFactory
extends Object
implements ThreadFactory

Simple ThreadFactory implementation to supply daemon threads with specified priority. Used by JAITools classes that run polling services on background threads to avoid blocking application exit.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Michael Bedward

Constructor Summary

DaemonThreadFactory()
Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads having normal priority.

DaemonThreadFactory(int priority)
Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads to run at the specified priority.

DaemonThreadFactory(int priority, String rootName)
Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads to run at the specified priority.

Method Summary

Thread

newThread(Runnable r) Creates a new daemon thread with name and priority assigned as per the values supplied when creating this thread factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DaemonThreadFactory

public DaemonThreadFactory()

Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads having normal priority.

DaemonThreadFactory

public DaemonThreadFactory(int priority)

Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads to run at the specified priority.

Parameters:

priority - thread priority

DaemonThreadFactory

public DaemonThreadFactory(int priority,
                           String rootName)

Creates a new factory which will supply daemon threads to run at the specified priority. Threads will be named rootName-n where n is the count of threads produced by all instances of this class.

Parameters:

priority - thread priority

rootName - root name to label threads

Method Detail

newThread

public Thread newThread(Runnable r)

Creates a new daemon thread with name and priority assigned as per the values supplied when creating this thread factory.

Specified by:

newThread in interface ThreadFactory

Parameters:

r - target for the new thread

Returns:

new thread