Module java.base
Package java.lang

Class ThreadGroup

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

    public classThreadGroupextendsObjectimplementsThread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
    A thread group represents a set of threads. In addition, a thread group can also include other thread groups. The thread groups form a tree in which every thread group except the initial thread group has a parent.

    A thread is allowed to access information about its own thread group, but not to access information about its thread group's parent thread group or any other thread groups.

    Since:
    1.0
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods 
      Modifier and TypeMethodDescription
      intactiveCount()
      Returns an estimate of the number of active threads in this thread group and its subgroups.
      intactiveGroupCount()
      Returns an estimate of the number of active groups in this thread group and its subgroups.
      booleanallowThreadSuspension​(boolean b)
      Deprecated.
      The definition of this call depends onsuspend(), which is deprecated.
      voidcheckAccess()
      Determines if the currently running thread has permission to modify this thread group.
      voiddestroy()
      Destroys this thread group and all of its subgroups.
      intenumerate​(Thread[] list)
      Copies into the specified array every active thread in this thread group and its subgroups.
      intenumerate​(Thread[] list, boolean recurse)
      Copies into the specified array every active thread in this thread group.
      intenumerate​(ThreadGroup[] list)
      Copies into the specified array references to every active subgroup in this thread group and its subgroups.
      intenumerate​(ThreadGroup[] list, boolean recurse)
      Copies into the specified array references to every active subgroup in this thread group.
      intgetMaxPriority()
      Returns the maximum priority of this thread group.
      StringgetName()
      Returns the name of this thread group.
      ThreadGroupgetParent()
      Returns the parent of this thread group.
      voidinterrupt()
      Interrupts all threads in this thread group.
      booleanisDaemon()
      Tests if this thread group is a daemon thread group.
      booleanisDestroyed()
      Tests if this thread group has been destroyed.
      voidlist()
      Prints information about this thread group to the standard output.
      booleanparentOf​(ThreadGroup g)
      Tests if this thread group is either the thread group argument or one of its ancestor thread groups.
      voidresume()
      Deprecated.
      This method is used solely in conjunction withThread.suspend andThreadGroup.suspend, both of which have been deprecated, as they are inherently deadlock-prone.
      voidsetDaemon​(boolean daemon)
      Changes the daemon status of this thread group.
      voidsetMaxPriority​(int pri)
      Sets the maximum priority of the group.
      voidstop()
      Deprecated.
      This method is inherently unsafe.
      voidsuspend()
      Deprecated.
      This method is inherently deadlock-prone.
      StringtoString()
      Returns a string representation of this Thread group.
      voiduncaughtException​(Thread t,Throwable e)
      Called by the Java Virtual Machine when a thread in this thread group stops because of an uncaught exception, and the thread does not have a specificThread.UncaughtExceptionHandler installed.
    • Constructor Detail

      • ThreadGroup

        public ThreadGroup​(String name)
        Constructs a new thread group. The parent of this new group is the thread group of the currently running thread.

        ThecheckAccess method of the parent thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        Parameters:
        name - the name of the new thread group.
        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        checkAccess()
      • ThreadGroup

        public ThreadGroup​(ThreadGroup parent,String name)
        Creates a new thread group. The parent of this new group is the specified thread group.

        ThecheckAccess method of the parent thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        Parameters:
        parent - the parent thread group.
        name - the name of the new thread group.
        Throws:
        NullPointerException - if the thread group argument isnull.
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot create a thread in the specified thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        SecurityException,checkAccess()
    • Method Detail

      • getName

        public final String getName()
        Returns the name of this thread group.
        Returns:
        the name of this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
      • getParent

        public final ThreadGroup getParent()
        Returns the parent of this thread group.

        First, if the parent is notnull, thecheckAccess method of the parent thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        Returns:
        the parent of this thread group. The top-level thread group is the only thread group whose parent isnull.
        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        checkAccess(),SecurityException,RuntimePermission
      • getMaxPriority

        public final int getMaxPriority()
        Returns the maximum priority of this thread group. Threads that are part of this group cannot have a higher priority than the maximum priority.
        Returns:
        the maximum priority that a thread in this thread group can have.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        setMaxPriority(int)
      • isDaemon

        public final boolean isDaemon()
        Tests if this thread group is a daemon thread group. A daemon thread group is automatically destroyed when its last thread is stopped or its last thread group is destroyed.
        Returns:
        true if this thread group is a daemon thread group;false otherwise.
        Since:
        1.0
      • isDestroyed

        public boolean isDestroyed()
        Tests if this thread group has been destroyed.
        Returns:
        true if this object is destroyed
        Since:
        1.1
      • setDaemon

        public final void setDaemon​(boolean daemon)
        Changes the daemon status of this thread group.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        A daemon thread group is automatically destroyed when its last thread is stopped or its last thread group is destroyed.

        Parameters:
        daemon - iftrue, marks this thread group as a daemon thread group; otherwise, marks this thread group as normal.
        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        SecurityException,checkAccess()
      • setMaxPriority

        public final void setMaxPriority​(int pri)
        Sets the maximum priority of the group. Threads in the thread group that already have a higher priority are not affected.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        If thepri argument is less thanThread.MIN_PRIORITY or greater thanThread.MAX_PRIORITY, the maximum priority of the group remains unchanged.

        Otherwise, the priority of this ThreadGroup object is set to the smaller of the specifiedpri and the maximum permitted priority of the parent of this thread group. (If this thread group is the system thread group, which has no parent, then its maximum priority is simply set topri.) Then this method is called recursively, withpri as its argument, for every thread group that belongs to this thread group.

        Parameters:
        pri - the new priority of the thread group.
        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        getMaxPriority(),SecurityException,checkAccess()
      • parentOf

        public final boolean parentOf​(ThreadGroup g)
        Tests if this thread group is either the thread group argument or one of its ancestor thread groups.
        Parameters:
        g - a thread group.
        Returns:
        true if this thread group is the thread group argument or one of its ancestor thread groups;false otherwise.
        Since:
        1.0
      • checkAccess

        public final void checkAccess()
        Determines if the currently running thread has permission to modify this thread group.

        If there is a security manager, itscheckAccess method is called with this thread group as its argument. This may result in throwing aSecurityException.

        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        SecurityManager.checkAccess(java.lang.ThreadGroup)
      • activeCount

        public int activeCount()
        Returns an estimate of the number of active threads in this thread group and its subgroups. Recursively iterates over all subgroups in this thread group.

        The value returned is only an estimate because the number of threads may change dynamically while this method traverses internal data structures, and might be affected by the presence of certain system threads. This method is intended primarily for debugging and monitoring purposes.

        Returns:
        an estimate of the number of active threads in this thread group and in any other thread group that has this thread group as an ancestor
        Since:
        1.0
      • enumerate

        public int enumerate​(Thread[] list)
        Copies into the specified array every active thread in this thread group and its subgroups.

        An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

        enumerate(list, true)

        Parameters:
        list - an array into which to put the list of threads
        Returns:
        the number of threads put into the array
        Throws:
        SecurityException - ifcheckAccess determines that the current thread cannot access this thread group
        Since:
        1.0
      • enumerate

        public int enumerate​(Thread[] list,                     boolean recurse)
        Copies into the specified array every active thread in this thread group. Ifrecurse istrue, this method recursively enumerates all subgroups of this thread group and references to every active thread in these subgroups are also included. If the array is too short to hold all the threads, the extra threads are silently ignored.

        An application might use theactiveCount method to get an estimate of how big the array should be, howeverif the array is too short to hold all the threads, the extra threads are silently ignored. If it is critical to obtain every active thread in this thread group, the caller should verify that the returned int value is strictly less than the length oflist.

        Due to the inherent race condition in this method, it is recommended that the method only be used for debugging and monitoring purposes.

        Parameters:
        list - an array into which to put the list of threads
        recurse - iftrue, recursively enumerate all subgroups of this thread group
        Returns:
        the number of threads put into the array
        Throws:
        SecurityException - ifcheckAccess determines that the current thread cannot access this thread group
        Since:
        1.0
      • activeGroupCount

        public int activeGroupCount()
        Returns an estimate of the number of active groups in this thread group and its subgroups. Recursively iterates over all subgroups in this thread group.

        The value returned is only an estimate because the number of thread groups may change dynamically while this method traverses internal data structures. This method is intended primarily for debugging and monitoring purposes.

        Returns:
        the number of active thread groups with this thread group as an ancestor
        Since:
        1.0
      • enumerate

        public int enumerate​(ThreadGroup[] list)
        Copies into the specified array references to every active subgroup in this thread group and its subgroups.

        An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

        enumerate(list, true)

        Parameters:
        list - an array into which to put the list of thread groups
        Returns:
        the number of thread groups put into the array
        Throws:
        SecurityException - ifcheckAccess determines that the current thread cannot access this thread group
        Since:
        1.0
      • enumerate

        public int enumerate​(ThreadGroup[] list,                     boolean recurse)
        Copies into the specified array references to every active subgroup in this thread group. Ifrecurse istrue, this method recursively enumerates all subgroups of this thread group and references to every active thread group in these subgroups are also included.

        An application might use theactiveGroupCount method to get an estimate of how big the array should be, howeverif the array is too short to hold all the thread groups, the extra thread groups are silently ignored. If it is critical to obtain every active subgroup in this thread group, the caller should verify that the returned int value is strictly less than the length oflist.

        Due to the inherent race condition in this method, it is recommended that the method only be used for debugging and monitoring purposes.

        Parameters:
        list - an array into which to put the list of thread groups
        recurse - iftrue, recursively enumerate all subgroups
        Returns:
        the number of thread groups put into the array
        Throws:
        SecurityException - ifcheckAccess determines that the current thread cannot access this thread group
        Since:
        1.0
      • stop

        @Deprecated(since="1.2")public final void stop()
        Deprecated.
        This method is inherently unsafe. SeeThread.stop() for details.
        Stops all threads in this thread group.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        This method then calls thestop method on all the threads in this thread group and in all of its subgroups.

        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread group or any of the threads in the thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        SecurityException,Thread.stop(),checkAccess()
      • interrupt

        public final void interrupt()
        Interrupts all threads in this thread group.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        This method then calls theinterrupt method on all the threads in this thread group and in all of its subgroups.

        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread group or any of the threads in the thread group.
        Since:
        1.2
        See Also:
        Thread.interrupt(),SecurityException,checkAccess()
      • suspend

        @Deprecated(since="1.2")public final void suspend()
        Deprecated.
        This method is inherently deadlock-prone. SeeThread.suspend() for details.
        Suspends all threads in this thread group.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        This method then calls thesuspend method on all the threads in this thread group and in all of its subgroups.

        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread group or any of the threads in the thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        Thread.suspend(),SecurityException,checkAccess()
      • resume

        @Deprecated(since="1.2")public final void resume()
        Deprecated.
        This method is used solely in conjunction withThread.suspend andThreadGroup.suspend, both of which have been deprecated, as they are inherently deadlock-prone. SeeThread.suspend() for details.
        Resumes all threads in this thread group.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        This method then calls theresume method on all the threads in this thread group and in all of its sub groups.

        Throws:
        SecurityException - if the current thread is not allowed to access this thread group or any of the threads in the thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        SecurityException,Thread.resume(),checkAccess()
      • destroy

        public final void destroy()
        Destroys this thread group and all of its subgroups. This thread group must be empty, indicating that all threads that had been in this thread group have since stopped.

        First, thecheckAccess method of this thread group is called with no arguments; this may result in a security exception.

        Throws:
        IllegalThreadStateException - if the thread group is not empty or if the thread group has already been destroyed.
        SecurityException - if the current thread cannot modify this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0
        See Also:
        checkAccess()
      • list

        public void list()
        Prints information about this thread group to the standard output. This method is useful only for debugging.
        Since:
        1.0
      • uncaughtException

        public void uncaughtException​(Thread t,Throwable e)
        Called by the Java Virtual Machine when a thread in this thread group stops because of an uncaught exception, and the thread does not have a specificThread.UncaughtExceptionHandler installed.

        TheuncaughtException method ofThreadGroup does the following:

        • If this thread group has a parent thread group, theuncaughtException method of that parent is called with the same two arguments.
        • Otherwise, this method checks to see if there is adefault uncaught exception handler installed, and if so, itsuncaughtException method is called with the same two arguments.
        • Otherwise, this method determines if theThrowable argument is an instance ofThreadDeath. If so, nothing special is done. Otherwise, a message containing the thread's name, as returned from the thread'sgetName method, and a stack backtrace, using theThrowable'sprintStackTrace method, is printed to thestandard error stream.

        Applications can override this method in subclasses ofThreadGroup to provide alternative handling of uncaught exceptions.

        Specified by:
        uncaughtException in interface Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
        Parameters:
        t - the thread that is about to exit.
        e - the uncaught exception.
        Since:
        1.0
      • allowThreadSuspension

        @Deprecated(since="1.2")public boolean allowThreadSuspension​(boolean b)
        Deprecated.
        The definition of this call depends onsuspend(), which is deprecated. Further, the behavior of this call was never specified.
        Used by VM to control lowmem implicit suspension.
        Parameters:
        b - boolean to allow or disallow suspension
        Returns:
        true on success
        Since:
        1.1
      • toString

        public String toString()
        Returns a string representation of this Thread group.
        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        a string representation of this thread group.
        Since:
        1.0