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+/*
+ * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
+ * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
+ * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
+ */
+
+package java.util.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * An object that creates new threads on demand. Using thread factories
+ * removes hardwiring of calls to {@link Thread#Thread(Runnable) new Thread},
+ * enabling applications to use special thread subclasses, priorities, etc.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The simplest implementation of this interface is just:
+ * <pre>
+ * class SimpleThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
+ * public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
+ * return new Thread(r);
+ * }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * The {@link Executors#defaultThreadFactory} method provides a more
+ * useful simple implementation, that sets the created thread context
+ * to known values before returning it.
+ * @since 1.5
+ * @author Doug Lea
+ */
+public interface ThreadFactory {
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a new <tt>Thread</tt>. Implementations may also initialize
+ * priority, name, daemon status, <tt>ThreadGroup</tt>, etc.
+ *
+ * @param r a runnable to be executed by new thread instance
+ * @return constructed thread
+ */
+ Thread newThread(Runnable r);
+}