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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.threads;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents a group of threads. This is not the same as Java's thread groups.
 * All of the threads in a thread group are started at the same time, not as they
 * are defined. Use this in conjunction with other tags like join to manipulate
 * a group of threads.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jason@jhorman.org">Jason Horman</a>
 */

public class GroupTag extends TagSupport {
    /** Variable to place the thread group into */
    private String var = null;
    /** The thread list */
    private List threads = new ArrayList();

    /** Child threads will add themselves and will then all be started together */
    public void doTag(XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {
        invokeBody(output);

        // store the group in a jelly variable
        if (var != null) {
            context.setVariable(var, threads);
        }

        // start the threads
        for (int i = 0; i < threads.size(); i++) {
            Thread thread = (Thread) threads.get(i);
            thread.start();
        }
    }

    /** Add a thread to the thread group list */
    public void addThread(Thread thread) {
        threads.add(thread);
    }

    /** Get the list of threads in this thread group */
    public List getThreads() {
        return threads;
    }

    /** Set the variable name to store the thread group in */
    public void setVar(String var) {
        this.var = var;
    }
}