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// ThreadCache.java
// $Id: ThreadCache.java,v 1.16 2000/08/16 21:37:58 ylafon Exp $
// (c) COPYRIGHT MIT and INRIA, 1996-1997.
// Please first read the full copyright statement in file COPYRIGHT.html

class CachedThread extends Thread {
    Runnable runner = null;
    boolean alive = true;
    ThreadCache cache = null;
    CachedThread next = null;
    CachedThread prev = null;
    boolean terminated = false;
    boolean started = false;
    boolean firstime = true;

    synchronized boolean isTerminated() {
        boolean ret = terminated;
        terminated = true;
        return ret;
    }

    synchronized Runnable waitForRunner() {
        boolean to = false;

        while (alive) {
            // Is a runner available ?
            if (runner != null) {
                Runnable torun = runner;
                firstime = false;
                runner = null;
                return torun;
            } else if (firstime) {
                // This thread will not be declared free until it runs once:
                try {
                    wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                }
            } else if (alive = cache.isFree(this, to)) {
                // Notify the cache that we are free, and continue if allowed:
                try {
                    int idleto = cache.getIdleTimeout();
                    to = false;
                    if (idleto > 0) {
                        wait(idleto);
                        to = (runner == null);
                    } else {
                        wait();
                    }
                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    synchronized void kill() {
        alive = false;
        notify();
    }

    synchronized boolean wakeup(Runnable runnable) {
        if (alive) {
            runner = runnable;
            if (!started)
                this.start();
            notify();
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public synchronized void start() {
        super.start();
        this.started = true;
    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            while (true) {
                // Wait for a runner:
                Runnable torun = waitForRunner();
                // If runner, run:
                if (torun != null)
                    torun.run();
                // If dead, stop
                if (!alive)
                    break;
            }
        } finally {
            cache.isDead(this);
        }
    }

    CachedThread(ThreadCache cache, int id) {
        super(cache.getThreadGroup(), cache.getThreadGroup().getName() + ":" + id);
        this.cache = cache;
        setPriority(cache.getThreadPriority());
        setDaemon(true);
    }

}

public class ThreadCache {
    private static final boolean debug = false;

    /**
     * Default number of cached threads.
     */
    private static final int DEFAULT_CACHESIZE = 5;
    /**
     * Has this thread cache been initialized ?
     */
    protected boolean inited = false;
    /**
     * The thread group for this thread cache.
     */
    protected ThreadGroup group = null;
    /**
     * Number of cached threads.
     */
    protected int cachesize = DEFAULT_CACHESIZE;
    /**
     * Number of created threads.
     */
    protected int threadcount = 0;
    /**
     * Uniq thread identifier within this ThreadCache instance.
     */
    protected int threadid = 0;
    /**
     * Number of idle threads to always maintain alive.
     */
    protected int idlethreads = 0;
    /**
     * Should we queue thread requests, rather then creating new threads.
     */
    protected boolean growasneeded = false;
    /**
     * Number of used threads
     */
    protected int usedthreads = 0;
    /**
     * List of free threads.
     */
    protected CachedThread freelist = null;
    protected CachedThread freetail = null;
    /**
     * The idle timeout, for a thread to wait before being killed.
     * Defaults to <strong>5000</strong> milliseconds.
     */
    protected int idletimeout = 5000;
    /**
     * Cached thread priority.
     */
    protected int threadpriority = 5;

    /**
     * Get the idle timeout value for this cache.
     * @return The idletimeout value, or negative if no timeout applies.
     */

    synchronized final int getIdleTimeout() {
        return (threadcount <= idlethreads) ? -1 : idletimeout;
    }

    /**
     * The given thread is about to be declared free.
     * @return A boolean, <strong>true</strong> if the thread is to continue
     * running, <strong>false</strong> if the thread should stop.
     */

    final synchronized boolean isFree(CachedThread t, boolean timedout) {
        if (timedout && (threadcount > idlethreads)) {
            if (!t.isTerminated()) {
                threadcount--;
                usedthreads--;
                notifyAll();
            }
            return false;
        } else if (threadcount <= cachesize) {
            t.prev = freetail;
            if (freetail != null)
                freetail.next = t;
            freetail = t;
            if (freelist == null)
                freelist = t;
            usedthreads--;
            notifyAll();
            return true;
        } else {
            if (!t.isTerminated()) {
                threadcount--;
                usedthreads--;
                notifyAll();
            }
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * The given thread has terminated, cleanup any associated state.
     * @param dead The dead CachedThread instance.
     */

    final synchronized void isDead(CachedThread t) {
        if (debug)
            System.out.println("** " + t + ": is dead tc=" + threadcount);
        if (!t.isTerminated()) {
            threadcount--;
            notifyAll();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create a new thread within this thread cache.
     * @return A new CachedThread instance.
     */

    private synchronized CachedThread createThread() {
        threadcount++;
        threadid++;
        return new CachedThread(this, threadid);
    }

    /**
     * Allocate a new thread, as requested.
     * @param waitp Should we wait until a thread is available ?
     * @return A launched CachedThread instance, or <strong>null</strong> if 
     * unable to allocate a new thread, and <code>waitp</code> is <strong>
     * false</strong>.
     */

    protected synchronized CachedThread allocateThread(boolean waitp) {
        CachedThread t = null;
        while (true) {
            if (freelist != null) {
                if (debug)
                    System.out.println("*** allocateThread: free thread");
                t = freelist;
                freelist = freelist.next;
                if (freelist != null) {
                    freelist.prev = null;
                } else {
                    freetail = null;
                }
                t.next = null;
                break;
            } else if ((threadcount < cachesize) || growasneeded) {
                if (debug)
                    System.out.println("*** create new thread.");
                t = createThread();
                break;
            } else if (waitp) {
                if (debug)
                    System.out.println("*** wait for a thread.");
                // Wait for a thread to become available
                try {
                    wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                }
            } else {
                return null;
            }
        }
        return t;
    }

    /**
     * Set the thread cache size.
     * This will also update the number of idle threads to maintain, if 
     * requested.
     * @param cachesize The new thread cache size.
     * @param update If <strong>true</strong> also update the number of
     * threads to maintain idle.
     */

    public synchronized void setCachesize(int cachesize, boolean update) {
        this.cachesize = cachesize;
        if (update)
            this.idlethreads = (cachesize >> 1);
    }

    /**
     * Set the thread cache size.
     * Updaet the number of idle threads to keep alive.
     * @param cachesize The new thread cache size.
     */

    public void setCachesize(int cachesize) {
        setCachesize(cachesize, true);
    }

    /**
     * Enable/disable the thread cache to grow as needed.
     * This flag should be turned on only if always getting a thread as fast
     * as possible is critical.
     * @param onoff The toggle.
     */

    public void setGrowAsNeeded(boolean onoff) {
        this.growasneeded = onoff;
    }

    /**
     * Set all the cached threads priority.
     * Changing the cached thread priority should be done before the thread
     * cache is initialized, it will <em>not</em> affect already created 
     * threads.
     * @param priority The new cachewd threads priority.
     */

    public void setThreadPriority(int priority) {
        threadpriority = priority;
    }

    /**
     * Get the cached thread normal priority.
     * @return Currently assigned cached thread priority.
     */

    public int getThreadPriority() {
        return threadpriority;
    }

    /**
     * Set the idle timeout. 
     * The idle timeout value is used to eliminate threads that have remain 
     * idle for too long (although the thread cache will ensure that a 
     * decent minimal number of threads stay around).
     * @param idletimeout The new idle timeout.
     */

    public synchronized void setIdleTimeout(int idletimeout) {
        this.idletimeout = idletimeout;
    }

    /**
     * Request a thread to run on the given object.
     * @param runnable The object to run with the allocated thread.
     * @param waitp If <strong>true</strong> wait until a free thread is 
     * available, otherwise, return <strong>false</strong>.
     * @return A boolean, <strong>true</strong> if a thread was successfully
     * allocated for the given object, <strong>false</strong> otherwise.
     */

    public boolean getThread(Runnable runnable, boolean waitp) {
        if (debug)
            System.out.println("*** getting a thread for " + runnable);
        if (!inited)
            throw new RuntimeException("Uninitialized thread cache");
        // Allocate and launch the thread:
        while (true) {
            CachedThread t = allocateThread(waitp);
            if (t != null) {
                if (t.wakeup(runnable)) {
                    synchronized (this) {
                        usedthreads++;
                    }
                    return true;
                }
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the ThreadGroup managed by this ThreadCache instance.
     * @return A ThreadGroup instance.
     */

    public ThreadGroup getThreadGroup() {
        return group;
    }

    /**
     * Wait until all the threads have finished their duty
     */

    public synchronized void waitForCompletion() {
        while (usedthreads > 0) {
            if (debug)
                System.out.println("*** Waiting for " + usedthreads + " threads");
            try {
                wait();
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the given thread cache.
     * This two stage initialize method is done so that configuration
     * of the thread cache can be done before any thread get actually
     * created.
     */

    public synchronized void initialize() {
        CachedThread t = createThread();
        freelist = t;
        freetail = t;
        t.next = null;
        t.prev = null;
        t.start();
        for (int i = 1; i < idlethreads; i++) {
            t = createThread();
            t.next = freelist;
            t.prev = null;
            freelist.prev = t;
            freelist = t;
            t.start();
        }
        inited = true;
    }

    /**
     * Create a thread cache, whose threads are to be children of the group.
     * @param group The thread group to which this thread cache is bound.
     * @param nstart Number of thread to create in advance.
     */

    public ThreadCache(ThreadGroup group) {
        this.group = group;
    }

    /**
     * Create a thread cache, after creating a new thread group.
     * @param name The name of the thread group to create.
     */

    public ThreadCache(String name) {
        this(new ThreadGroup(name));
    }

    /**
     * Create a thread cache, after creating a new thread group.
     * @param parent The parent of the thread group to create.
     * @param name The name of the thread group.
     */

    public ThreadCache(ThreadGroup parent, String name) {
        this(new ThreadGroup(parent, name));
    }

}