edu.utah.janos.nodeos
Class Thread

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.utah.janos.nodeos.Thread

public class Thread

extends java.lang.Object

A Janos Thread. java.lang.Thread is not visible to threads running on the NodeOS.

There are no visible Thread objects in Janos (all the methods here are static ones). New threads are created either implicitly in response to packets, or explicitly by a call to Flow.threadStart(...).

Author:

Janos Ministry of Development

See Also:

Flow.threadStart(java.lang.Runnable,String)

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	getObject() Get the per-thread object pointer.
static java.lang.Object	setObject(java.lang.Object obj) Set the per-thread object pointer.
static void	sleep(long millis, int nanos) Put the current thread to sleep for at least the given amount of time.
static void	yield() An undirected yield.
static void	yieldTo(Thread yieldTo) The mighty directed yield.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

yieldTo

public static void yieldTo(Thread yieldTo)

The mighty directed yield.

The scheduler may honor the argument. Or it may laugh at your suggestion and put the target thread in a black hole just to spite you.

Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

Parameters:

yieldTo - the thread that should be run in deference to the current thread.

yield

public static void yield()

An undirected yield.

Equivalent to yield(null).

sleep

public static void sleep(long millis,
                         int nanos)
                  throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Put the current thread to sleep for at least the given amount of time.

Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

setObject

public static java.lang.Object setObject(java.lang.Object obj)

Set the per-thread object pointer. Operates on the current thread, implicitly.

Returns the old object.

getObject

public static java.lang.Object getObject()

Get the per-thread object pointer. Operates on the current thread, implicitly.