[FLINK-10123] Use ExecutorThreadFactory instead of DefaultThreadFactory in RestServer/Client

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.0, 1.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: Runtime / REST
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Till Rohrmann
• Reporter: Till Rohrmann
• Created: 10/Aug/18 15:19
• Updated: 15/Aug/18 07:00
• Resolved: 15/Aug/18 06:58

Description

Instead of using the DefaultThreadFactory in the RestServerEndpoint/RestClient we should use the ExecutorThreadFactory because it uses the FatalExitExceptionHandler per default as the uncaught exception handler. This should guard against uncaught exceptions by simply terminating the JVM.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6539