[HBASE-6778] Deprecate Chore; its a thread per task when we should have one thread to do all tasks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.0, 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change

Release Note

Corresponding usages for new ScheduledChore vs. Deprecated Chore:
Chore.interrupt() -> ScheduledChore.cancel(mayInterruptWhileRunning = true)
Threads.setDaemonThreadRunning(Chore) -> ChoreService.scheduleChore(ScheduledChore)
Chore.isAlive -> ScheduledChore.isScheduled()
Chore.getSleeper().skipSleepCycle() -> ScheduledChore.triggerNow()

• Assignee: Jonathan Lawlor
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 13/Sep/12 23:23
• Updated: 03/Jun/15 15:29
• Resolved: 30/Jan/15 23:27

Description

Should use something like ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor instead (Elliott said this first I think; J-D said something similar just now).