com.hp.util

Class NamedThreadFactory

java.lang.Object

com.hp.util.NamedThreadFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ThreadFactory

public class NamedThreadFactory
extends Object
implements ThreadFactory

Thread factory implementation that provides a distinct thread group name.

Usage example:

 Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new NamedThreadFactory("MyThreads"));
 

Author:

Thomas Vachuska, Simon Hunt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NamedThreadFactory(String groupName) Constructor that creates a thread factory using the given group name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ThreadFactory	namedThreads(String groupName) Returns a named thread factory instance with the given group name.
Thread	newThread(Runnable r)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NamedThreadFactory

public NamedThreadFactory(String groupName)

Constructor that creates a thread factory using the given group name.

Parameters:

groupName - thread group prefix name

Method Detail

newThread

public Thread newThread(Runnable r)

Specified by:

newThread in interface ThreadFactory

namedThreads

public static ThreadFactory namedThreads(String groupName)

Returns a named thread factory instance with the given group name.

This convenience method, used with a static import, makes for more readable code:

 import static com.hp.util.NamedThreadFactory.namedThreads;
 import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor;
 ...
 ExecutorService es = newSingleThreadExecutor(namedThreads("MyThreads"));
 

Parameters:

groupName - the thread group name

Returns:

the thread factory