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The Worker class

INTRODUCTION

	Worker Threads have a persistent context, as such should be used over Threads in most cases.

	When a Worker is started, the run method will be executed, but the Thread will not leave until one of the following conditions are met:

	      othe Worker goes out of scope (no more references remain)

	      othe programmer calls shutdown

	      othe script dies

	This  means the programmer can reuse the context throughout execution; placing objects on the stack of the Worker will cause the Worker to
       execute the stacked objects run method.

       Warning

	       The programmer must retain references to stacked objects until they are executed or unstacked; the Pool	class  provides  a  higher
	      level abstraction of the Worker functionality and manages references for the programmer.

CLASS SYNOPSIS

       Worker

       Workerextends
       ThreadTraversableCountableArrayAccess

       Methods

       o public integer Worker::getStacked (void  )

       o public boolean Worker::isShutdown (void  )

       o public boolean Worker::isWorking (void  )

       o public boolean Worker::shutdown (void	)

       o public integer Worker::stack (Threaded  &$work)

       o public integer Worker::unstack ([Threaded  &$work])

       Inherited methods

       o public void Thread::detach (void  )

       o public integer Thread::getCreatorId (void  )

       o publicstatic Thread Thread::getCurrentThread (void  )

       o publicstatic integer Thread::getCurrentThreadId (void	)

       o public integer Thread::getThreadId (void  )

       o publicstatic mixed Thread::globally (void  )

       o public boolean Thread::isJoined (void	)

       o public boolean Thread::isStarted (void  )

       o public boolean Thread::join (void  )

       o public void Thread::kill (void  )

       o public boolean Thread::start ([integer  $options])

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