Constructor Summary

Method Summary

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• ThreadGroup

  public ThreadGroup(String name)

  Constructs a new thread group. The parent of this new group isthe thread group of the currently running thread.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the new thread group, can benull

• ThreadGroup

  public ThreadGroup(ThreadGroup parent,String name)

  Creates a new thread group. The parent of this new group is thespecified thread group.

  Parameters:

  parent - the parent thread group.

  name - the name of the new thread group, can benull

Method Details

• getName

  public final String getName()

  Returns the name of this thread group.

  Returns:

  the name of this thread group, may benull

• getParent

  public final ThreadGroup getParent()

  Returns the parent of this thread group.

  Returns:

  the parent of this thread group. The top-level thread group is the only thread group whose parent isnull.

• getMaxPriority

  public final int getMaxPriority()

  Returns the maximum priority of this thread group. This is the maximumpriority for new threads created in the thread group.

  Returns:

  the maximum priority for new threads created in the thread group

  See Also:

  • setMaxPriority(int)

• isDaemon

  @Deprecated(since="16",forRemoval=true)public final boolean isDaemon()

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  This method originally indicated if the thread group is adaemon thread group that is automatically destroyed when its last thread terminates. The concept of daemon thread group no longer exists. A thread group is eligible to be GC'ed when there are no live threads in the group and it is otherwise unreachable.

  Returns the daemon status of this thread group.The daemon status is not used for anything.

  Returns:

  the daemon status of this thread group

• isDestroyed

  @Deprecated(since="16",forRemoval=true)public boolean isDestroyed()

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  This method originally indicated if the thread group is destroyed. The ability to destroy a thread group and the concept of a destroyed thread group no longer exists. A thread group is eligible to be GC'ed when there are no live threads in the group and it is otherwise unreachable.

  Returns false.

  Returns:

  false

  Since:

  1.1

• setDaemon

  @Deprecated(since="16",forRemoval=true)public final void setDaemon(boolean daemon)

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  This method originally configured whether the thread group is adaemon thread group that is automatically destroyed when its last thread terminates. The concept of daemon thread group no longer exists. A thread group is eligible to be GC'ed when there are no live threads in the group and it is otherwise unreachable.

  Sets the daemon status of this thread group.The daemon status is not used for anything.

  Parameters:

  daemon - the daemon status

• setMaxPriority

  public final void setMaxPriority(int pri)

  Sets the maximum priority of the group. The maximum priority of theThreadGroup for virtualthreads is not changed by this method (the new priority is ignored).Threads in the thread group (or subgroups) that already have a higherpriority are not affected by this method.

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

  Otherwise, the priority of this ThreadGroup object is set to thesmaller of the specifiedpri and the maximum permittedpriority of the parent of this thread group. (If this thread groupis the system thread group, which has no parent, then its maximumpriority is simply set topri.) Then this method iscalled recursively, withpri as its argument, forevery thread group that belongs to this thread group.

  Parameters:

  pri - the new priority of the thread group.

  See Also:

  • getMaxPriority()

• parentOf

  public final boolean parentOf(ThreadGroup g)

  Tests if this thread group is either the thread groupargument or one of its ancestor thread groups.

  Parameters:

  g - a thread group, can benull

  Returns:

  true if this thread group is the thread group argument or one of its ancestor thread groups;false otherwise.

• checkAccess

  @Deprecated(since="17",forRemoval=true)public final void checkAccess()

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  This method originally determined if the currently runningthread had permission to modify this thread group. This method was onlyuseful in conjunction withthe Security Manager,which is no longer supported. There is no replacement for the SecurityManager or this method.

  Does nothing.

• activeCount

  public int activeCount()

  Returns an estimate of the number ofliveplatform threads in this thread group and its subgroups. Virtual threadsare not included in the estimate. This method recursively iterates overall subgroups in this thread group.

  The value returned is only an estimate because the number ofthreads may change dynamically while this method traverses internaldata structures, and might be affected by the presence of certainsystem threads. This method is intended primarily for debuggingand monitoring purposes.

  Returns:

  an estimate of the number of live threads in this thread group and in any other thread group that has this thread group as an ancestor

• enumerate

  public int enumerate(Thread[] list)

  Copies into the specified array everyliveplatform thread in this thread group and its subgroups. Virtual threadsare not enumerated by this method.

  An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the sameway 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

• enumerate

  public int enumerate(Thread[] list, boolean recurse)

  Copies into the specified array everyliveplatform thread in this thread group. Virtual threads are not enumeratedby this method. Ifrecurse istrue, this method recursivelyenumerates all subgroups of this thread group and references to every liveplatform thread in these subgroups are also included. If the array is tooshort to hold all the threads, the extra threads are silently ignored.

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

  Due to the inherent race condition in this method, it is recommendedthat 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

• activeGroupCount

  public int activeGroupCount()

  Returns an estimate of the number of groups in this thread group and itssubgroups. Recursively iterates over all subgroups in this thread group.

  The value returned is only an estimate because the number ofthread groups may change dynamically while this method traversesinternal data structures. This method is intended primarily fordebugging and monitoring purposes.

  Returns:

  the number of thread groups with this thread group as an ancestor

• enumerate

  public int enumerate(ThreadGroup[] list)

  Copies into the specified array references to every subgroup in thisthread group and its subgroups.

  An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the sameway 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

• enumerate

  public int enumerate(ThreadGroup[] list, boolean recurse)

  Copies into the specified array references to every subgroup in thisthread group. Ifrecurse istrue, this method recursivelyenumerates all subgroups of this thread group and references to everythread group in these subgroups are also included.

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

  Due to the inherent race condition in this method, it is recommendedthat 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

• interrupt

  public final void interrupt()

  Interrupts alllive platform threads inthis thread group and its subgroups.

  Since:

  1.2

  See Also:

  • Thread.interrupt()

• destroy

  @Deprecated(since="16",forRemoval=true)public final void destroy()

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

  This method was originally specified to destroy an empty thread group. The ability to explicitly destroy a thread group no longer exists. A thread group is eligible to be GC'ed when there are no live threads in the group and it is otherwise unreachable.

  Does nothing.

• list

  public void list()

  Prints information about this thread group to the standardoutput. This method is useful only for debugging.

• uncaughtException

  public void uncaughtException(Thread t,Throwable e)

  Called by the Java Virtual Machine when a thread in thisthread group stops because of an uncaught exception, and the threaddoes not have a specificThread.UncaughtExceptionHandlerinstalled.

  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, 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 ofuncaught exceptions.

  Specified by:

  uncaughtException in interface Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

  Parameters:

  t - the thread that is about to exit.

  e - the uncaught exception.

• 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.