org.xbill.Task
Class WorkerThread

java.lang.Object
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        +--org.xbill.Task.WorkerThread

public class WorkerThread

extends Thread

An extension of a Thread that uses threads from a pool, rather than allocating a new thread for each assigned task.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Method Summary

static void	assignThread(Runnable task, String name) Assigns a task to a WorkerThread
void	run() Performs the task

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

assignThread

public static void assignThread(Runnable task,
                                String name)

Assigns a task to a WorkerThread

Parameters:

task - The task to be run

name - The name of the task

run

public void run()

Performs the task

Overrides:

run in class Thread