Package com.mchange.v1.lang

Class GentleThread

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

com.mchange.v1.lang.GentleThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public abstract class GentleThread
extends Thread

an abstract Thread class that provides utilities for easily defining Threads with safe versions of the deprecated thread methods stop(), resume(), and start()

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GentleThread()
GentleThread(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	allowSuspend()	tests whether the thread should suspend, and causes to the thread to pause if appropriate.
void	gentleResume()	a safe method for resuming properly implemented GentleThreads
void	gentleStop()	a safe method for stopping properly implemented GentleThreads
void	gentleSuspend()	a safe method for suspending properly implemented GentleThreads
abstract void	run()
protected boolean	shouldStop()	tests whether the thread should stop.
protected boolean	shouldSuspend()	tests whether the thread should suspend.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, countStackFrames, currentThread, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, onSpinWait, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

GentleThread

public GentleThread()

GentleThread

public GentleThread(String name)

Method Details

run

public abstract void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread

gentleStop

public void gentleStop()

a safe method for stopping properly implemented GentleThreads

gentleSuspend

public void gentleSuspend()

a safe method for suspending properly implemented GentleThreads

gentleResume

public void gentleResume()

a safe method for resuming properly implemented GentleThreads

shouldStop

protected boolean shouldStop()

tests whether the thread should stop. Subclasses should call this method periodically in their run method, and return from run() is the method returns true.

shouldSuspend

protected boolean shouldSuspend()

tests whether the thread should suspend. Subclasses rarely call this method directly, and should call allowSuspend() periodically instead.

See Also:

• allowSuspend()

allowSuspend

protected void allowSuspend()
                     throws InterruptedException

tests whether the thread should suspend, and causes to the thread to pause if appropriate. Subclasses should call this method periodically in their run method to, um, allow suspension. Threads paused by allowSuspend() will be properly awoken by gentleResume()

Throws:

InterruptedException

See Also:

• gentleResume()