Java example source code file (NewThreadAction.java)

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The NewThreadAction.java Java example source code

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package sun.rmi.runtime;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import sun.security.util.SecurityConstants;

/**
 * A PrivilegedAction for creating a new thread conveniently with an
 * AccessController.doPrivileged construct.
 *
 * All constructors allow the choice of the Runnable for the new
 * thread to execute, the name of the new thread (which will be
 * prefixed with "RMI "), and whether or not it will be a daemon
 * thread.
 *
 * The new thread may be created in the system thread group (the root
 * of the thread group tree) or an internally created non-system
 * thread group, as specified at construction of this class.
 *
 * The new thread will have the system class loader as its initial
 * context class loader (that is, its context class loader will NOT be
 * inherited from the current thread).
 *
 * @author      Peter Jones
 **/
public final class NewThreadAction implements PrivilegedAction<Thread> {

    /** cached reference to the system (root) thread group */
    static final ThreadGroup systemThreadGroup =
        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadGroup>() {
            public ThreadGroup run() {
                ThreadGroup group = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
                ThreadGroup parent;
                while ((parent = group.getParent()) != null) {
                    group = parent;
                }
                return group;
            }
        });

    /**
     * special child of the system thread group for running tasks that
     * may execute user code, so that the security policy for threads in
     * the system thread group will not apply
     */
    static final ThreadGroup userThreadGroup =
        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadGroup>() {
            public ThreadGroup run() {
                return new ThreadGroup(systemThreadGroup, "RMI Runtime");
            }
        });

    private final ThreadGroup group;
    private final Runnable runnable;
    private final String name;
    private final boolean daemon;

    NewThreadAction(ThreadGroup group, Runnable runnable,
                    String name, boolean daemon)
    {
        this.group = group;
        this.runnable = runnable;
        this.name = name;
        this.daemon = daemon;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an action that will create a new thread in the
     * system thread group.
     *
     * @param   runnable the Runnable for the new thread to execute
     *
     * @param   name the name of the new thread
     *
     * @param   daemon if true, new thread will be a daemon thread;
     * if false, new thread will not be a daemon thread
     */
    public NewThreadAction(Runnable runnable, String name, boolean daemon) {
        this(systemThreadGroup, runnable, name, daemon);
    }

    /**
     * Creates an action that will create a new thread.
     *
     * @param   runnable the Runnable for the new thread to execute
     *
     * @param   name the name of the new thread
     *
     * @param   daemon if true, new thread will be a daemon thread;
     * if false, new thread will not be a daemon thread
     *
     * @param   user if true, thread will be created in a non-system
     * thread group; if false, thread will be created in the system
     * thread group
     */
    public NewThreadAction(Runnable runnable, String name, boolean daemon,
                           boolean user)
    {
        this(user ? userThreadGroup : systemThreadGroup,
             runnable, name, daemon);
    }

    public Thread run() {
        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm != null) {
            sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.GET_CLASSLOADER_PERMISSION);
        }
        Thread t = new Thread(group, runnable, "RMI " + name);
        t.setContextClassLoader(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
        t.setDaemon(daemon);
        return t;
    }
}