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package com.addc.commons.shutdown;

/**
 * The Terminator supplies a method to terminate a {@link Stoppable} in the
 * background.
 *
 */
public final class Terminator {

    /**
     * The TerminatorThread actually stops the stoppable in the background
     */
    private static class TerminatorThread extends Thread {
        private final Stoppable stoppable;

        /**
         * Create a new TerminatorThread
         * 
         * @param stoppable
         *            The stoppable to terminate
         */
        public TerminatorThread(Stoppable stoppable) {
            super();
            this.stoppable= stoppable;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            stoppable.shutdown();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Terminate the {@link Stoppable} in the background.
     *
     * @param stoppable
     *            the {@link Stoppable} to terminate
     */
    public static void terminate(final Stoppable stoppable) {
        TerminatorThread terminator= new TerminatorThread(stoppable);
        terminator.start();
    }

    private Terminator() {
    }
}