Package org.jgrapes.io.util

Class ThreadCleaner

java.lang.Object

org.jgrapes.io.util.ThreadCleaner

public final class ThreadCleaner
extends Object

Cleans up threads if some object has been garbage collected.

Sometimes it is necessary to create a thread that delivers data to a synchronous consumer. This thread keeps the consumer running until the consumer expects no more input and thus terminates the thread.

Due to an error condition it may happen, however, that the terminating event never occurs and the thread runs forever. As a possible remedy, this class allows the thread to be associated with the lifetime of an arbitrary object. When the object is garbage collected, the thread is terminated automatically.

Since:

2.8.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	watch(Object referent, Thread thread)	Watch the referent and terminate the thread if it is garbage collected.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

watch

public static void watch(Object referent,
 Thread thread)

Watch the referent and terminate the thread if it is garbage collected.

Parameters:

referent - the referent

thread - the thread