aleph.thread
Class Fork

java.lang.Object
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  +--aleph.Message
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        +--aleph.AsynchMessage
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              +--aleph.thread.Fork

public class Fork
extends AsynchMessage
implements java.io.Externalizable

Ask a remote PE to start a thread. All messages that create new long-lived threads should be a subclass of this class.

See Also:
Call, Message, RemoteThread, Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  Join join
           
protected  java.lang.Runnable program
           
 
Fields inherited from class aleph.Message
from, HIGH, LOW, MEDIUM, next
 
Constructor Summary
Fork()
          No-arg constructor needed to make the class Externalizable.
Fork(Join join, java.lang.Runnable program)
          Consructor.
 
Method Summary
 void readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput in)
           
 void run()
           
 java.lang.String toString()
           
 void writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput out)
           
 
Methods inherited from class aleph.Message
copy, getPriority, send, send, setPriority
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

join

protected Join join

program

protected java.lang.Runnable program
Constructor Detail

Fork

public Fork(Join join,
            java.lang.Runnable program)
Consructor.

Fork

public Fork()
No-arg constructor needed to make the class Externalizable.
Method Detail

run

public void run()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput out)
                   throws java.io.IOException
Specified by:
writeExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable
Overrides:
writeExternal in class Message
See Also:
Externalizable

readExternal

public void readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput in)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
Specified by:
readExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable
Overrides:
readExternal in class Message
See Also:
Externalizable