001/** 002 * 003 * Copyright 2014 Florian Schmaus 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017package org.jivesoftware.smack.util; 018 019public class Async { 020 021 /** 022 * Creates a new thread with the given Runnable, marks it daemon, starts it and returns the started thread. 023 * 024 * @param runnable 025 * @return the started thread. 026 */ 027 public static Thread go(Runnable runnable) { 028 Thread thread = daemonThreadFrom(runnable); 029 thread.start(); 030 return thread; 031 } 032 033 /** 034 * Creates a new thread with the given Runnable, marks it daemon, sets the name, starts it and returns the started 035 * thread. 036 * 037 * @param runnable 038 * @param threadName the thread name. 039 * @return the started thread. 040 */ 041 public static Thread go(Runnable runnable, String threadName) { 042 Thread thread = daemonThreadFrom(runnable); 043 thread.setName(threadName); 044 thread.start(); 045 return thread; 046 } 047 048 public static Thread daemonThreadFrom(Runnable runnable) { 049 Thread thread = new Thread(runnable); 050 thread.setDaemon(true); 051 return thread; 052 } 053}