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Method and apparatus for monitoring and handling events for a collection of related threads in a data processing system

  • US 6,842,898 B1
  • Filed: 06/10/1999
  • Issued: 01/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a data processing system for monitoring a plurality of related threads, the method comprising the data processing system implemented steps of:

  • polling the plurality of related threads for status information;

    responsive to receiving the status information, determining whether a thread within a plurality of related threads is inactive; and

    responsive to an occurrence of inactivity in a thread within the plurality of related threads in which the inactivity is due to an event, initiating cleanup processes based on the status information, wherein the event is at least one of an occurrence of a period of time or an error.

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