CollectorThread (Jikes RVM API)

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org.jikesrvm.mm.mminterface
Class CollectorThread

java.lang.Object
  org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread
      org.jikesrvm.mm.mminterface.CollectorThread

public final class CollectorThread
extends SystemThread
extends SystemThread

System thread used to perform garbage collection work.

Field Summary
`private static int`	`nextId` Next collector thread id.
`private ScanThread`	`threadScanner` used by collector threads to hold state during stack scanning

Fields inherited from class org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread
`rvmThread`

Constructor Summary
`CollectorThread(byte[] stack, CollectorContext context)` Constructor

Method Summary
`ScanThread`	`getThreadScanner()`
`void`	`run()` Collection entry point.

Methods inherited from class org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread
`getRVMThread, start, stop`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

threadScanner

private final ScanThread threadScanner

used by collector threads to hold state during stack scanning

nextId

private static int nextId

Next collector thread id. Collector threads are not created concurrently.

Constructor Detail

CollectorThread

public CollectorThread(byte[] stack,
                       CollectorContext context)

Constructor

Parameters:: stack - The stack this thread will run on

Method Detail

getThreadScanner

public ScanThread getThreadScanner()

Returns:: the thread scanner instance associated with this instance

run

public void run()

Collection entry point. Delegates the real work to MMTk.

Specified by:: run in class SystemThread