thread-priorities

How can you ensure in java that a block of code can not be interrupted by any other thread.

exampl: new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { while(condition) { *code that must not be interrupted* *some more code* } } }).start(); SomeOtherThread.start(); YetAntherThread.start(); How can you ensure that code that must not be interrupted won't be interrupted? ...

Can Visual studio plugins get notified of c++ build/CL tasks/calls to CL.EXE?

I would like my cl.exe (the c++ compiler process) processes to run at lower than normal priority so that my UI threads are not affected. I have turned on /MP builds for most of my projects and want to take advantage of all the CPUs, but don't want the box to be bogged down and unusable. A co-worker wrote a utility that monitors threa...

Setting priority to java's threads

I have a program that runs in a few threads. The main thread shares an object with the other threads and in the main I have a call to: synchronized(obj){ do stuff } I have a suspicion that the main thread is starved and isn't getting access to obj. How do I raise the priority of the main thread or is it already higher than the oth...

Changing thread priority to make my program and computer more responsive

I've written a .NET winforms application that uses a secondary thread to do some heavy processing, which communicates it's progress back to the UI thread. Everything works correctly, the form shows the progress, and I've also created a cancel button to interrupt the processing thread. However, when the time consuming process is going the...

Java Executors: how can I set task priority?

Is there a possibility to set priority to tasks which are executed by Executors? I've found some statements in JCIP about it's possible but I cannot find any example and I cannot find anything related in docs. From JCIP: An execution policy specifies the "what, where, when, and how" of task execution, including: ... ...

How to set Priority of IntentService in Android

I was wondering if it is possible to set the priority of an IntentService like you can with a Thread. So far I have not found anything. ...