Package org.biojava.utils

Interface ThreadPool

All Known Implementing Classes:
SimpleThreadPool
public interface ThreadPool

ThreadPool specifies basic thread-pooling operations such that third-party implementations may be used without requiring changes to BioJava.

Since:
1.3
Author:
Keith James

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    addRequest(Runnable task)
    addRequest requests that a Runnable be scheduled to be run by one of the threads in the pool.
    void
    startThreads()
    startThreads starts all the threads running and opens the pool to requests.
    void
    stopThreads()
    stopThreads causes all running threads to stop when their current task is complete.
    void
    waitForThreads()
    waitForThreads temporarily closes the pool to new requests until such time as the current request queue has been emptied and all running tasks completed.

  • Method Details

    • addRequest

      void addRequest(Runnable task)
      addRequest requests that a Runnable be scheduled to be run by one of the threads in the pool.
      Parameters:
      task - a Runnable.

    • startThreads

      void startThreads()
      startThreads starts all the threads running and opens the pool to requests.

    • stopThreads

      void stopThreads()
      stopThreads causes all running threads to stop when their current task is complete. It also closes the pool to new requests. Requests still queued are not done and the queue is emptied.

    • waitForThreads

      void waitForThreads()
      waitForThreads temporarily closes the pool to new requests until such time as the current request queue has been emptied and all running tasks completed.