/* * BioJava development code * * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy, * see: * * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html * * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments. * * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims, * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page * at: * * http://www.biojava.org/ * */ package org.biojava.utils; /** *
ThreadPool
specifies basic thread-pooling
* operations such that third-party implementations may be used
* without requiring changes to BioJava.
addRequest
requests that a Runnable
* be scheduled to be run by one of the threads in the pool.
*
* @param task a Runnable
.
*/
public void addRequest(Runnable task);
/**
* startThreads
starts all the threads running and
* opens the pool to requests.
*/
public void startThreads();
/**
* stopThreads
causes all running threads to stop
* when their current task is complete. It also closes the pool to
* new requests. Requests still queued are not done and the queue
* is emptied.
*/
public void stopThreads();
/**
* waitForThreads
temporarily closes the pool to new
* requests until such time as the current request queue has been
* emptied and all running tasks completed.
*/
public void waitForThreads();
}