services/java/com/android/server/IoThread.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.android.server;

import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.HandlerThread;

/**
 * Shared singleton I/O thread for the system.  This is a thread for non-background
 * service operations that can potential block briefly on network IO operations
 * (not waiting for data itself, but communicating with network daemons).
 */
public final class IoThread extends HandlerThread {
    private static IoThread sInstance;
    private static Handler sHandler;

    private IoThread() {
        super("android.io", android.os.Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
    }

    private static void ensureThreadLocked() {
        if (sInstance == null) {
            sInstance = new IoThread();
            sInstance.start();
            sHandler = new Handler(sInstance.getLooper());
            sHandler.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    android.os.Process.setCanSelfBackground(false);
                }
            });
        }
    }

    public static IoThread get() {
        synchronized (IoThread.class) {
            ensureThreadLocked();
            return sInstance;
        }
    }

    public static Handler getHandler() {
        synchronized (IoThread.class) {
            ensureThreadLocked();
            return sHandler;
        }
    }
}