ThreadPool.java

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package org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/** ThreadPool.
 * 
 *
 */
public interface ThreadPool
{
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public abstract boolean dispatch(Runnable job);

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     * @return The total number of threads currently in the pool
     */
    public int getThreads();

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     * @return The number of idle threads in the pool
     */
    public int getIdleThreads();
}