ThreadContext.java

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package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.util.threadpool;

/**
 * Gives access to the user-provided Runnable object of the thread. All threads
 * created by the ThreadPoolManager service implement that interface, so that in
 * a method called by such a thread you can get the Runnable object provided in
 * <code>
 * ThreadPoolManager.execute(Runnable job, String threadName)</code>
 * with the following line:
 * <p>
 * <code><ul> Runnable runnable = ((ThreadContext) Thread.currentThread()).getRunnable();</ul></code>
 *
 * @author Pavlin Dobrev
 * @version 1.0
 */

public interface ThreadContext {
	/**
	 * Returns the Runnable object provided in the
	 * <code>ThreadPoolManager.execute(Runnable job, String threadName)</code>
	 * method.
	 */
	public Runnable getRunnable();
}