Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 37244 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2007 14:42:06 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Mar 2007 14:42:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 74589 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2007 14:42:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 74556 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2007 14:42:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@harmony.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@harmony.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 74547 invoked by uid 99); 3 Mar 2007 14:42:08 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:42:08 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: domain of weldonwjw@gmail.com designates 64.233.182.190 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.182.190] (HELO nf-out-0910.google.com) (64.233.182.190) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:41:57 -0800 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so1594707nfe for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:41:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=LHpXtHoj4Tg5pz4SfztEWE7/WhBwkTu9B0ZW1DDEaRhHtvKPj8JH1b3aSTqLIZwQ+051RkKlyOXjnEApgPIJHlTglRN8uUSk7iZrvdUyk1fpuL310NbQcJhKxe45qV7BN5BVnXVs64Klf5PPMeL1J9b5YYVz1qrWlmstMFCv+4M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=OdVsAd0s1jPXflAzsMZ3MS5gX9AOZMEqhcdoj07oFITmOvyjezoy7X7gNyWgZgjB1toG0K291koPPHSHYP07BhPFQbK/eaIUtgxWFD1ncLuN7e/95U2fIjyDX0UdAATdhL6lKu36x55vCxW0FN7xheIIWOFPasEqtFFL957rrAA= Received: by 10.78.100.1 with SMTP id x1mr373766hub.1172932895417; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:41:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.137.2 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 06:41:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4dd1f3f00703030641y15c4e93t7136a80b11c86761@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 06:41:35 -0800 From: "Weldon Washburn" To: dev@harmony.apache.org Subject: [drlvm][kernel_classes] public variables of Thread.java -- does it make sense to make them private? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_68243_6926997.1172932895033" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org ------=_Part_68243_6926997.1172932895033 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline It looks like several fields in kernel_classes/javasrc/java/lang/Thread.java are accessible to other kernel classes. While kernel_classes are "trusted code", it would help modularity&reliability to make them private and supply the necessary getters/setters. A list of the fields: ThreadGroup group; boolean started; boolean isAlive; Object lock; static ThreadGroup systemThreadGroup; static ThreadGroup mainThreadGroup; -- Weldon Washburn Intel Enterprise Solutions Software Division ------=_Part_68243_6926997.1172932895033--