org.jikesrvm.scheduler

Class FinalizerThread

java.lang.Object

org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread

org.jikesrvm.scheduler.FinalizerThread

public class FinalizerThread
extends SystemThread

Finalizer thread.

This thread is created by RVMThread.boot() at runtime startup. Its "run" method does the following:

• 1. yield to the gcwaitqueue, until scheduled by GC.
• 2. For all objects on finalize queue, run the finalize() method
• 3. Go to 1

This thread comes out of wait state via notify from the garbage collector

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Object[]	none
private static Monitor	schedLock
private static boolean	shouldRun
private static int	verbose

Fields inherited from class org.jikesrvm.scheduler.SystemThread

rvmThread

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FinalizerThread()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	boot()
void	run() Run the finalizer thread (one per RVM)
static void	schedule()

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

verbose

private static final int verbose

See Also:

Constant Field Values

none

private final Object[] none

shouldRun

private static boolean shouldRun

schedLock

private static Monitor schedLock

Constructor Detail

FinalizerThread

public FinalizerThread()

Method Detail

boot

public static void boot()

schedule

public static void schedule()

run

public void run()

Run the finalizer thread (one per RVM)

Specified by:

run in class SystemThread