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1: /* 2: * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 3: * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at 4: * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain 5: */ 6: 7: package java.util.concurrent; 8: 9: /** 10: * An object that creates new threads on demand. Using thread factories 11: * removes hardwiring of calls to {@link Thread#Thread(Runnable) new Thread}, 12: * enabling applications to use special thread subclasses, priorities, etc. 13: * 14: * <p> 15: * The simplest implementation of this interface is just: 16: * <pre> 17: * class SimpleThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory { 18: * public Thread newThread(Runnable r) { 19: * return new Thread(r); 20: * } 21: * } 22: * </pre> 23: * 24: * The {@link Executors#defaultThreadFactory} method provides a more 25: * useful simple implementation, that sets the created thread context 26: * to known values before returning it. 27: * @since 1.5 28: * @author Doug Lea 29: */ 30: public interface ThreadFactory { 31: 32: /** 33: * Constructs a new <tt>Thread</tt>. Implementations may also initialize 34: * priority, name, daemon status, <tt>ThreadGroup</tt>, etc. 35: * 36: * @param r a runnable to be executed by new thread instance 37: * @return constructed thread 38: */ 39: Thread newThread(Runnable r); 40: }
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