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:

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

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

Summary

Public methods
abstract Thread!

Constructs a new unstarted Thread to run the given runnable.

Public methods

newThread

abstract fun newThread(r: Runnable!): Thread!

Constructs a new unstarted Thread to run the given runnable.

Parameters
r Runnable!: a runnable to be executed by new thread instance
Return
Thread! constructed thread, or null if the request to create a thread is rejected

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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.