Interface ThreadFactory

public interface ThreadFactory

An object that creates new threads on demand. Using thread factories removes hardwiring of calls to new Thread, enabling applications to use special thread subclasses, priorities, etc.

The simplest implementation of this interface is just:

class SimpleThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
  public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
    return new Thread(r);
  }
}

The Executors.defaultThreadFactory() method provides a more useful simple implementation, that sets the created thread context to known values before returning it.

Since:

1.5

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Thread`	`newThread(Runnable r)`	Constructs a new unstarted `Thread` to run the given runnable.

Method Details

newThread

Thread newThread(Runnable r)

Constructs a new unstarted Thread to run the given runnable.

Parameters:

r - a runnable to be executed by new thread instance

Returns:

constructed thread, or null if the request to create a thread is rejected

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