Package ghidra.util.worker

Class PriorityWorker

java.lang.Object

ghidra.util.worker.AbstractWorker<PriorityJob>

ghidra.util.worker.PriorityWorker

public class PriorityWorker
extends AbstractWorker<PriorityJob>

Executes a single job at a time in priority order.

See Also:

• Worker

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PriorityWorker(String name, boolean isPersistentThread, boolean useSharedThreadPool, TaskMonitor monitor)	This constructor allows you to change persistence and shared thread pool usage.
PriorityWorker(String name, TaskMonitor monitor)	Creates a PriorityWorker that will use a shared thread pool to process jobs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	schedule(PriorityJob job)	Schedules the job for execution.

Methods inherited from class ghidra.util.worker.AbstractWorker

clearAllJobs, clearAllJobsWithInterrupt_IKnowTheRisks, clearPendingJobs, dispose, isBusy, isDisposed, setBusyListener, setTaskMonitor, waitUntilNoJobsScheduled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PriorityWorker

public PriorityWorker(String name,
 TaskMonitor monitor)

Creates a PriorityWorker that will use a shared thread pool to process jobs. Also, threads created using this constructor are not persistent.

Parameters:

name - the name of the shared thread pool.

monitor - the monitor used to cancel jobs.

PriorityWorker

public PriorityWorker(String name,
 boolean isPersistentThread,
 boolean useSharedThreadPool,
 TaskMonitor monitor)

This constructor allows you to change persistence and shared thread pool usage.

Parameters:

name - the name of the shared thread pool.

isPersistentThread - if true, the worker thread will stay around when idle; false means that the thread will go away if not needed. Should be true for high frequency usage.

useSharedThreadPool - true signals to use the given name to find/create a thread pool that can be shared throughout the system.

monitor - the monitor used to cancel jobs.

Method Details

schedule

public void schedule(PriorityJob job)

Description copied from class: AbstractWorker

Schedules the job for execution. Jobs will be processed in priority order. The highest priority jobs are those with the lowest value return by the job's getPriority() method. (i.e. the job with priority 0 will be processed before the job with priority 1)

Overrides:

schedule in class AbstractWorker<PriorityJob>

Parameters:

job - the job to be executed.