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# Thread Management and Infrastructure
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Core thread management classes and infrastructure components for job execution, registration, and callback handling in XXL-Job Core.
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## Capabilities
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### JobThread Class
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Core thread class that manages individual job execution with queuing and lifecycle management.
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```java { .api }
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 * Core job execution thread with queue management
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 * Extends Thread to handle asynchronous job execution
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public class JobThread extends Thread {
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    /**
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     * Push trigger parameter to job execution queue
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     * @param triggerParam Job execution parameters from admin
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    public ReturnT<String> pushTriggerQueue(TriggerParam triggerParam);
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     * Request thread to stop execution
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    public void toStop(String stopReason);
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     * Check if thread is running or has queued jobs
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    public boolean isRunningOrHasQueue();
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     * Get job handler associated with this thread
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    public IJobHandler getHandler();
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     * Check if thread is stopped
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**Usage Examples:**
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// JobThread is primarily managed by XxlJobExecutor internally
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// Direct usage is typically not required for most applications
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// Example of how executor manages job threads:
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public void manageJobThread(int jobId, IJobHandler handler) {
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    // Register job thread (done by executor automatically)
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    JobThread jobThread = XxlJobExecutor.registJobThread(jobId, handler, "Job registration");
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    if (jobThread.isRunningOrHasQueue()) {
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        System.out.println("Job thread is active");
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    jobThread.toStop("Application shutdown");
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### ExecutorRegistryThread
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Singleton thread that manages executor registration and heartbeat with admin servers.
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```java { .api }
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 * Handles periodic heartbeat and re-registration
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public class ExecutorRegistryThread {
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### TriggerCallbackThread
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Manages callback operations to admin servers after job execution completion.
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public class TriggerCallbackThread {
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### JobLogFileCleanThread
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Background thread for cleaning up old job log files based on retention policy.
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public class JobLogFileCleanThread {
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## Thread Management Patterns
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// Thread management during executor startup
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public void stopExecutor() {
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### Job Execution Flow
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public void executeJobFlow(TriggerParam triggerParam) {
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### Thread Safety Considerations
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public void threadSafeJobHandler() throws Exception {
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## Infrastructure Components
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### EmbedServer
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Embedded HTTP server based on Netty for handling admin-to-executor communication.
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### XxlJobRemotingUtil
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HTTP communication utility for RPC operations between components.
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public class XxlJobRemotingUtil {
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public ReturnT<String> sendCallback(String adminAddress, List<HandleCallbackParam> callbacks) {
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## Best Practices
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### Thread Resource Management
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public class ExecutorResourceManager {
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