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002 * $Id: DefaultGroovyStaticMethods.java,v 1.3 2004/05/18 06:15:45 spullara Exp $
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035 package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;
036
037 import groovy.lang.Closure;
038
039 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
040
041 /**
042 * This class defines all the new static groovy methods which appear on normal JDK
043 * classes inside the Groovy environment. Static methods are used with the
044 * first parameter as the destination class.
045 *
046 * @author Guillaume Laforge
047 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
048 */
049 public class DefaultGroovyStaticMethods {
050
051 /**
052 * Start a Thread with the given closure as a Runnable instance.
053 *
054 * @param closure the Runnable closure
055 * @return the started thread
056 */
057 public static Thread start(Thread self, Closure closure) {
058 Thread thread = new Thread(closure);
059 thread.start();
060 return thread;
061 }
062
063 /**
064 * Start a daemon Thread with the given closure as a Runnable instance.
065 *
066 * @param closure the Runnable closure
067 * @return the started thread
068 */
069 public static Thread startDaemon(Thread self, Closure closure) {
070 Thread thread = new Thread(closure);
071 thread.setDaemon(true);
072 thread.start();
073 return thread;
074 }
075
076 /**
077 * Get the last hidden matcher that system used to do a match.
078 *
079 * @param matcher
080 * @return
081 */
082 public static Matcher getLastMatcher(Matcher matcher) {
083 return RegexSupport.getLastMatcher();
084 }
085 }