[news.eclipse.rt] Re: Basic questions about the Job class

[John Arthorne <eclipseng@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sunny wrote:
> 1. Can I think of org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job as Java Runnable?

Jobs are similar to Runnable but are connected to a scheduling system 
that allocates them to threads automatically. In your

> 2. If I have:
>
>   MyJob1 a = new MyJob1();
>   MyJob2 b = new MyJob2();
>   MyJob3 c = new MyJob3();
>   a.schedule();
>   b.schedule();
>   c.schedule();
>
> Will a, b, and c be running in the same worker thread sequentially?

They may run either sequentially or concurrently, since you haven't 
expressed any dependency between these three jobs. For a more detailed 
answer see the documentation:

http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/runtime_jobs.htm

John