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 * Copyright 2010-2021 Australian Signals Directorate
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package au.gov.asd.tac.constellation.plugins.update;

/**
 * An extension of {@link UpdateComponent} that ensures updates are always
 * started on a new thread.
 *
 * @see UpdateComponent
 * @author sirius
 */
public abstract class ThreadedUpdateComponent<U> extends UpdateComponent<U> {

    private final String threadName;

    protected ThreadedUpdateComponent(UpdateController<U> controller, String threadName) {
        this.threadName = threadName;
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean updateThread(Runnable runnable) {
        if (threadName.equals(Thread.currentThread().getName())) {
            return false;
        }
        new Thread(runnable, threadName).start();
        return true;
    }

}
