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+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file is available under and governed by the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this
+ * file:
+ *
+ * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
+ * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
+ * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
+ */
+
+package java.util.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * An object that creates new threads on demand.  Using thread factories
+ * removes hardwiring of calls to {@link Thread#Thread(Runnable) new Thread},
+ * enabling applications to use special thread subclasses, priorities, etc.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The simplest implementation of this interface is just:
+ * <pre>
+ * class SimpleThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
+ *   public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
+ *     return new Thread(r);
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * The {@link Executors#defaultThreadFactory} method provides a more
+ * useful simple implementation, that sets the created thread context
+ * to known values before returning it.
+ * @since 1.5
+ * @author Doug Lea
+ */
+public interface ThreadFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code Thread}.  Implementations may also initialize
+     * priority, name, daemon status, {@code ThreadGroup}, etc.
+     *
+     * @param r a runnable to be executed by new thread instance
+     * @return constructed thread, or {@code null} if the request to
+     *         create a thread is rejected
+     */
+    Thread newThread(Runnable r);
+}