Package jadex.concurrent

Interface IThreadPool

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaThreadPool, ThreadPool

public interface IThreadPool

Common interface for different thread pool implementations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFinishListener(jadex.common.IChangeListener<Void> listener)	Add a finished listener.
void	dispose()	Shutdown the thread pool.
void	execute(Runnable task)	Execute a task in its own thread.
void	executeForever(Runnable task)	Execute a task in its own thread.
boolean	isRunning()	Test if the thread pool is running.

Method Details

execute

void execute(Runnable task)

Execute a task in its own thread.

Parameters:

task - The task to execute.

executeForever

void executeForever(Runnable task)

Execute a task in its own thread. The pool expects the thread executing the task to never return. Preferably use this method if you want to permanently retrieve a thread e.g. for repeated blocking operations. Consider requesting the daemon version.

Parameters:

task - The task to execute.

dispose

void dispose()

Shutdown the thread pool.

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Test if the thread pool is running.

addFinishListener

void addFinishListener(jadex.common.IChangeListener<Void> listener)

Add a finished listener.