sun.jvm.hotspot.utilities

Class WorkerThread

java.lang.Object

sun.jvm.hotspot.utilities.WorkerThread

public class WorkerThread
extends java.lang.Object

This class abstracts the notion of a worker thread which is fed tasks in the form of Runnables.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WorkerThread()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	invokeLater(java.lang.Runnable runnable) Runs the given Runnable in the thread represented by this WorkerThread object at an unspecified later time.
void	shutdown() Can be used to dispose of the internal worker thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WorkerThread

public WorkerThread()

Method Detail

invokeLater

public void invokeLater(java.lang.Runnable runnable)

Runs the given Runnable in the thread represented by this WorkerThread object at an unspecified later time.

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Can be used to dispose of the internal worker thread. Note that this method may return before the internal worker thread terminates.