Added in API level 1

ThreadFactory

public interface ThreadFactory

java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory

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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.

See also:

• ERROR(/java.lang.Thread.Builder#factory())

Summary

Public methods
abstract Thread	newThread(Runnable r) Constructs a new unstarted Thread to run the given runnable.

Public methods

newThread

Added in API level 1

public abstract Thread newThread (Runnable r)

Constructs a new unstarted Thread to run the given runnable.

Parameters
r	Runnable: a runnable to be executed by new thread instance

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

See also:

• Inheritance when creating threads