NamingThreadFactory.java

// BlogBridge -- RSS feed reader, manager, and web based service
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// $Id: NamingThreadFactory.java,v 1.3 2007/05/28 09:54:39 spyromus Exp $
//

package com.salas.bb.utils.concurrency;

import EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;

/**
 * Factory of threads which is assigning specific names to the threads it creates.
 */
public class NamingThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory
{
    private final String threadName;
    private final int priority;

    /**
     * Creates factory.
     *
     * @param aThreadName name to assign to threads.
     */
    public NamingThreadFactory(String aThreadName)
    {
        this(aThreadName, Thread.NORM_PRIORITY);
    }

    /**
     * Creates factory.
     *
     * @param aThreadName name to assign to threads.
     * @param aPriority   priority to use.
     */
    public NamingThreadFactory(String aThreadName, int aPriority)
    {
        threadName = aThreadName;
        priority = aPriority;
    }

    /**
     * Creates new thread for runnable task.
     *
     * @param runnable task.
     *
     * @return thread.
     */
    public Thread newThread(Runnable runnable)
    {
        Thread newThread = new Thread(runnable);

        newThread.setName(threadName);
        newThread.setPriority(priority);
        newThread.setDaemon(true);

        return newThread;
    }
}