ThreadUtils (SpiNNaker Java Host 7.3.1 API)

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.manchester.spinnaker.utils.ThreadUtils

public abstract class ThreadUtils
extends Object

Utilities for working with threads.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`sleep(long delay)`	Recommended way of doing "quiet" sleeps.
`static String`	`threadDump()`	Produce a dump of what all threads are doing.
`static boolean`	`waitfor(Object obj)`	Wait for the given object.
`static boolean`	`waitfor(Object obj, long timeout)`	Wait for the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details
- threadDump
  
  public static String threadDump()
  
  Produce a dump of what all threads are doing. Useful for debugging as it means you can get a dump of threads programmatically at the time when the problem is likely to be on some thread's stack.
  
  Returns:
  
  The dump, as a multi-line string.
- sleep
  
  public static void sleep(long delay)
  
  Recommended way of doing "quiet" sleeps.
  
  Parameters:
  
  delay - How long to sleep for, in milliseconds.
  
  See Also:
  
  Stack Overflow Question: When does Java's Thread.sleep throw InterruptedException?
- waitfor
  
  public static boolean waitfor(Object obj)
  
  Wait for the given object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  obj - The object to wait for
  
  Returns:
  
  True if the wait was interrupted, false otherwise
- waitfor
  
  public static boolean waitfor(Object obj, long timeout)
  
  Wait for the given object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  obj - The object to wait for
  
  timeout - The maximum time to wait, in milliseconds
  
  Returns:
  
  True if the wait was interrupted, false otherwise