/** sets a flag to stop this task thread. */
public void stopMe() {
if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("interrupting ");
}
this.interrupt();
SystemProperties props = SystemProperties.instance();
int shutdown_time = props.getPropertyAsInt(Constants.THREADPOOL_SHUTDOWN_WAIT_TIME);
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("sleeping for [" + shutdown_time + "] msecs");
}
try {
// I need to put myself to sleep for awhile to give the
// other threads a chance to stop themselves nicely.
Thread.sleep(shutdown_time);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("interrupted exception: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
v_stop_me = true;
}
/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see java.lang.Thread#start()
*/
@Override
public void start() {
if (!v_stop_me) {
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("launching thread.");
}
super.start();
try {
SystemProperties props = SystemProperties.instance();
int start_time = props.getPropertyAsInt(Constants.THREADPOOL_START_UP_TIME);
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("sleeping for [" + start_time + "] msecs");
}
// I need to put myself to sleep for awhile to give the
// other thread a chance to start nicely.
Thread.sleep(start_time);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
logger.info("interrupted exception: " + ex.getMessage());
}
v_stop_me = true;
}
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("constructed.");
}
}
}