Package org.apache.groovy.util.concurrent

Class ThreadHelper

java.lang.Object

org.apache.groovy.util.concurrent.ThreadHelper

public final class ThreadHelper
extends Object

Helper for starting threads that prefers virtual threads when running on Java 21+, falling back to platform threads on older runtimes.

Since:

6.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Thread	startThread(Runnable task)	Starts a new thread to execute the given task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

startThread

public static Thread startThread(Runnable task)

Starts a new thread to execute the given task. Uses a virtual thread on Java 21+, otherwise a platform thread.

Parameters:

task - the runnable to execute

Returns:

the started thread