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package sun.jvm.hotspot.utilities;

This class abstracts the notion of a worker thread which is fed tasks in the form of Runnables.
/** This class abstracts the notion of a worker thread which is fed tasks in the form of Runnables. */
public class WorkerThread { private volatile boolean done = false; private MessageQueueBackend mqb; private MessageQueue mq; public WorkerThread() { mqb = new MessageQueueBackend(); mq = mqb.getFirstQueue(); // Enable to terminate this worker during runnning by daemonize. Thread mqthread = new Thread(new MainLoop()); mqthread.setDaemon(true); mqthread.start(); }
Runs the given Runnable in the thread represented by this WorkerThread object at an unspecified later time.
/** Runs the given Runnable in the thread represented by this WorkerThread object at an unspecified later time. */
public void invokeLater(Runnable runnable) { mq.writeMessage(runnable); }
Can be used to dispose of the internal worker thread. Note that this method may return before the internal worker thread terminates.
/** Can be used to dispose of the internal worker thread. Note that this method may return before the internal worker thread terminates. */
public void shutdown() { done = true; mq.writeMessage(new Runnable() { public void run() {} }); } class MainLoop implements Runnable { private MessageQueue myMq; public MainLoop() { myMq = mqb.getSecondQueue(); } public void run() { while (!done) { Runnable runnable = (Runnable) myMq.readMessage(); try { runnable.run(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } } }