org.egothor.util.thread
Class Pool

java.lang.Object
  org.egothor.util.thread.Pool

Direct Known Subclasses:

PoolFIFO, PoolLIFO

public class Pool
extends java.lang.Object

Pool creates a Stack and fills it with threads. The threads in a Pool are activated when data comes for processing.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Nested Class Summary

static interface

Pool.Queue This class is part of the Egothor Project

Field Summary

protected Pool.Queue

queue Description of the Field

Constructor Summary

protected

Pool(int threads)

Method Summary

void	handle(java.lang.Object data) Description of the Method
protected void	initialize(Pool.Queue queue)
boolean	process(java.lang.Object data) Description of the Method
int	size() Return the maximum number of threads in the pool.
void	stop() Kill all waiting threads.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

queue

protected Pool.Queue queue

Description of the Field

Constructor Detail

Pool

protected Pool(int threads)

Parameters:

threads - maximum number of worker threads

Method Detail

size

public int size()

Return the maximum number of threads in the pool.

Returns:

the maximum number of threads

process

public boolean process(java.lang.Object data)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

data - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

stop

public void stop()

Kill all waiting threads. If a thread is working it will not be killed until it has completed its task.

handle

public void handle(java.lang.Object data)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

data - Description of the Parameter

initialize

protected void initialize(Pool.Queue queue)

Parameters:

queue - queue used in this pool