Also I do not understand the DefaultThreadPool(int size) constructor: it calls startThread size times. startThread then does:
Thread thread = new Thread( this ); thread.start(); return thread;
so the DefaultThreadPool replaces it's Thread object size times - what's the point in that?
what am I missing out on?
I think reading up on the Thread class and Runnable interface will help you understand what's going on here. The phrase "replace it's Thread object" doesn't really make any sense.
The thread pool is creating a new Thread object that will call the DefaultThreadPool's run() method. This run() method takes your worker tasks (that you handed the pool using invokeLater()), and runs that worker task. This run() method loops until you call stop() on the ThreadPool.
If you want your stand-alone java app to stop, you'll need to call stop() on the pool. Another alternate is to modify the DefaultThreadPool (or create another thread pool implementation) that creates these threads as daemon's, as the JVM will exit if only daemon threads are running.
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