public Class WorkerThread

Class Inheritance

extends Object

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

Nested and Inner Type Summary

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
pack-priv class	WorkerThread.MainLoop

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private volatile boolean	done
private MessageQueue	mq
private MessageQueueBackend	mqb

Access	Constructor and Description
public	WorkerThread()

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

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

done	back to summary
private volatile boolean done

mq	back to summary
private MessageQueue mq

mqb	back to summary
private MessageQueueBackend mqb

WorkerThread	back to summary
public WorkerThread()

invokeLater	back to summary
public void invokeLater(Runnable runnable) Runs the given Runnable in the thread represented by this WorkerThread object at an unspecified later time.

shutdown	back to summary
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.

sun.jvm.hotspot.utilities back to summary

Class Inheritance

extends Object
implements Runnable

All Implemented Interfaces

java.lang.Runnable

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private MessageQueue	myMq

Access	Constructor and Description
public	MainLoop()

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public void	run() Implements java.lang.Runnable.run. Runs this operation.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

myMq	back to summary
private MessageQueue myMq

MainLoop	back to summary
public MainLoop()

run	back to summary
public void run() Implements java.lang.Runnable.run. Doc from java.lang.Runnable.run. Runs this operation.

run

public void run()

Runs this operation.