/*
* ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
* (c) European Southern Observatory, 2008
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package alma.acs.logging.io;
/**
* The thread to perform IO.
* <P>
*
*
* @author acaproni
*
*/
public class IOThread extends Thread {
/**
* Constructor
*/
public IOThread() {
setDaemon(true);
setName("IOThread");
}
/**
* The boolean set to <code>true</code> to terminate the thread.
*/
protected volatile boolean terminateThread=false;
/**
* Stop the current thread by setting a boolean.
* <P>
* <B>Note</B>: the thread has to periodically check the boolean and terminate
*
* @return
*/
public void stopThread(boolean sync) {
terminateThread=true;
interrupt();
while (sync && isAlive()) {
try {
join();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
continue;
}
}
}
}