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Re: thread pool

From Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: thread pool
Date 2014-07-22 16:32 +0200
Organization Clausthal University of Technology
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On 2014-07-22 13:11:14 +0000, Eric Sosman said:

> On 7/22/2014 9:00 AM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to create a thread pool with threads, which are should
>> stopped by the user.
>> So I create my pool with
>> 
>> m_pool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
>> for (int i = 0; i < m_barrier.getParties(); i++)
>> m_pool.submit(new Worker(m_barrier));
>> 
>> my Worker implements Runnable with the run-method
>> 
>> while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
>> // do something
>> }
>> 
>> Within the while-loop I run my barrier and I catch the InterruptedException
>> 
>> I would like to create a thread pool with a number of threads, which
>> runs until the user
>> sends a stop signal. At the moment I run m_pool.shutdown() and/or
>> shutdownNow(), but
>> which way is the correct Java structure. My target is, that a method
>> creates all threads
>> of the pool, each thread runs unlimited time until the user sends a stop
>> signal.
> 
>      If "each thread runs unlimited time," why use a thread pool?  The
> purpose of this kind of pool is to run many short-lived (usually) tasks
> on a set of threads, with each thread handling many tasks in succession.
> You don't need that (it seems), so wouldn't it be simpler to launch
> as many threads as you want and just let them run?  When it's time to
> stop you can interrupt them all (telling them to quit) and join them
> all (so you'll know when all the quitting's finished).
> 
>      If that doesn't seem to meet your need, please describe what you're
> trying to do in more detail.

Greate this seems to be easier.

Phil

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thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-22 15:00 +0200
  Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-22 09:11 -0400
    Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-22 16:32 +0200
    Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-22 21:38 +0200
      Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-22 16:29 -0400
        Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-22 23:01 +0200
          Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-22 17:14 -0400
            Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-23 08:11 +0200
              Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-23 07:24 -0400
                Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-23 15:57 +0200
                Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-23 11:41 -0400
                Re: thread pool Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-24 09:55 +0200
                Re: thread pool Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-24 08:39 -0400
  Re: thread pool Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-07-24 20:50 -0700

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