| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 1997-2007 by ProSyst Software GmbH |
| * http://www.prosyst.com |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * ProSyst Software GmbH - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.util.threadpool; |
| |
| /** |
| * The ThreadPoolManager is responsible for the management of a thread pool, |
| * whose purpose is to provide created and started threads to clients, using |
| * multiple but short-lived threads. |
| * |
| * The ThreadPoolManager's main task is to accept Runnable objects, to pass them |
| * to threads from the pool, and after the job is finished - to return back the |
| * threads in pool. |
| * |
| * @author Pavlin Dobrev |
| * @version 1.0 |
| */ |
| |
| public interface ThreadPoolManager { |
| |
| /** |
| * Executes the job, by passing it to an idle thread process. If no idle |
| * threads are available, the job is moved to the pool of waiting jobs, and |
| * will be executed later. |
| * |
| * @param job |
| * job to be executed |
| * @param threadName |
| * name of job; the name will be assigned to the thread, in which |
| * the job will be processed |
| * @exception IllegalArgumentException |
| * If any of the arguments is null |
| */ |
| public void execute(Runnable job, String threadName) throws IllegalArgumentException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Executes the job, by passing it to an idle thread process. If no idle |
| * threads are available, the job is moved to the pool of waiting jobs, and |
| * will be executed later. |
| * |
| * @param job |
| * Runnable job to be executed |
| * @param priority |
| * the priority of the job |
| * @param threadName |
| * name of job; the name will be assigned to the thread, in which |
| * the job will be processed |
| * @exception IllegalArgumentException |
| * If any of the arguments is null |
| */ |
| public void execute(Runnable job, int priority, String threadName) throws IllegalArgumentException; |
| |
| /** |
| * All idle threads exit. New threads will be created when it is necessary. |
| */ |
| public void reset(); |
| } |