ThreadPoolChooser.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
7 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
10 *
11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
15 * accompanied this code).
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20 *
21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
23 * questions.
24 */
25
26package com.sun.corba.se.spi.orbutil.threadpool;
27
28
29public interface ThreadPoolChooser
30{
31    /**
32     * This method is used to return an instance of ThreadPool based on the
33     * strategy/policy implemented in the ThreadPoolChooser from the set of
34     * ThreadPools allowed to be used by the ORB. Typically, the set of
35     * ThreadPools would be specified by passing the threadpool-ids
36     * configured in the ORB element of the domain.xml of the appserver.
37     */
38    public ThreadPool getThreadPool();
39
40    /**
41     * This method is used to return an instance of ThreadPool that is obtained
42     * by using the id argument passed to it. This method will be used in
43     * situations where the threadpool id is known to the caller e.g. by the
44     * connection object or looking at the high order bits of the request id
45     */
46    public ThreadPool getThreadPool(int id);
47
48    /**
49     * This method is a convenience method to see what threadpool-ids are being
50     * used by the ThreadPoolChooser
51     */
52    public String[] getThreadPoolIds();
53}
54