[GROOVY-260] Thread.start { } to execute a closure in a new thread

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Thomas Heller
• Created: 11/Mar/04 12:16
• Updated: 25/Mar/04 16:43
• Resolved: 25/Mar/04 16:43

Description

hi,

I talked to james and he liked the idea of adding a simple Thread.start(Closure c) so that you can easily run things in new threads.

example:

thread = Thread.start {
process = "some long running process".execute();
process.waitFor();
}

.. do something else while this runs.