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package org.apache.activemq.transport;

/**
 * A useful base class for a transport implementation which has a background
 * reading thread.
 * 
 * 
 */
public abstract class TransportThreadSupport extends TransportSupport implements Runnable {

    private boolean daemon;
    private Thread runner;
    // should be a multiple of 128k
    private long stackSize;

    public boolean isDaemon() {
        return daemon;
    }

    public void setDaemon(boolean daemon) {
        this.daemon = daemon;
    }

    protected void doStart() throws Exception {
        runner = new Thread(null, this, "ActiveMQ Transport: " + toString(), stackSize);
        runner.setDaemon(daemon);
        runner.start();
    }

    /**
     * @return the stackSize
     */
    public long getStackSize() {
        return this.stackSize;
    }

    /**
     * @param stackSize the stackSize to set
     */
    public void setStackSize(long stackSize) {
        this.stackSize = stackSize;
    }
}