ThreadPool (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleThreadPool
```
public interface ThreadPool
```
ThreadPool specifies basic thread-pooling operations such that third-party implementations may be used without requiring changes to BioJava.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Keith James

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addRequest(Runnable task)`	`addRequest` requests that a `Runnable` be scheduled to be run by one of the threads in the pool.
`void`	`startThreads()`	`startThreads` starts all the threads running and opens the pool to requests.
`void`	`stopThreads()`	`stopThreads` causes all running threads to stop when their current task is complete.
`void`	`waitForThreads()`	`waitForThreads` temporarily closes the pool to new requests until such time as the current request queue has been emptied and all running tasks completed.

- Method Detail
  - addRequest
```
void addRequest(Runnable task)
```
    addRequest requests that a Runnable be scheduled to be run by one of the threads in the pool.
    
    Parameters:
    
    task - a Runnable.
  - startThreads
```
void startThreads()
```
    startThreads starts all the threads running and opens the pool to requests.
  - stopThreads
```
void stopThreads()
```
    stopThreads causes all running threads to stop when their current task is complete. It also closes the pool to new requests. Requests still queued are not done and the queue is emptied.
  - waitForThreads
```
void waitForThreads()
```
    waitForThreads temporarily closes the pool to new requests until such time as the current request queue has been emptied and all running tasks completed.