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+/*
+  File: ThreadFactoryUser.java
+
+  Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
+  This may be used for any purposes whatsoever without acknowledgment.
+  Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs,
+  and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
+
+  History:
+  Date       Who                What
+  28aug1998  dl               refactored from Executor classes
+*/
+
+package EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Base class for Executors and related classes that rely on thread factories.
+ * Generally intended to be used as a mixin-style abstract class, but
+ * can also be used stand-alone.
+ * <p>[<a href="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html"> Introduction to this package. </a>]
+ **/
+
+public class ThreadFactoryUser {
+
+  protected ThreadFactory threadFactory_ = new DefaultThreadFactory();
+
+  protected static class DefaultThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
+    public Thread newThread(Runnable command) {
+      return new Thread(command);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * Set the factory for creating new threads.
+   * By default, new threads are created without any special priority,
+   * threadgroup, or status parameters.
+   * You can use a different factory
+   * to change the kind of Thread class used or its construction
+   * parameters.
+   * @param factory the factory to use
+   * @return the previous factory
+   **/
+
+  public synchronized ThreadFactory setThreadFactory(ThreadFactory factory) {
+    ThreadFactory old = threadFactory_;
+    threadFactory_ = factory;
+    return old;
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * Get the factory for creating new threads.
+   **/  
+  public synchronized ThreadFactory getThreadFactory() {
+    return threadFactory_;
+  }
+
+}