org.jikesrvm.mm.mminterface

Class CollectorThread

java.lang.Object

org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread

org.jikesrvm.mm.mminterface.CollectorThread

public final class CollectorThread
extends SystemThread

System thread used to perform garbage collection work.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CollectorThread(byte[] stack, CollectorContext context)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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)

Parameters:

stack - The stack this thread will run on

context - the context that will provide the thread's functionality

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