samples/java_interface/standalone_java/JavaMain.java:
We need to initialise the standard library, otherwise things
like the stream database won't be set up properly.
finalisers should be executed only if main/2 returns normally, it does not
throw an exception. The C backends already do this correctly but the Java
backend did not. The C# backend has the same bug, this patch does not fix
the C# backend.
java/runtime/MercuryThreadPool.java:
Add a parameter to the shutdown() method to specify whether the backend
is aborting.
In runMain(), run finalisers only if the runtime is exiting normally.
java/runtime/MercuryRuntime.java:
Add a new finalise() method that takes a parameter allowing standalone
Java applications to specify whether or not they are aborting when the
finalise the RTS.
doc/reference_manual.texi:
Specify the behaviour of finalise directives if main/2 terminates
with an uncaught exception.
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/JavaMain.java:
Conform to changes in MercuryRuntime.java.
The thread pool code used in the Java backend was tied the execution of
main/2. However if Mercury is used as a library the thread pool won't have
been started and threads created with thread.spawn would not be executed.
This patch makes it possible to start and stop the thread pool independently of
main/2 by calling startup() and shutdown(). These calls are called
implicitly by calling runMain(). The thread pool can also be started on
demand.
This patch also adds the MercuryRuntime class, which now contains methods
that may be called by users' Java code to interact with the Mercury runtime
system, including a new finalise() method.
java/runtime/MercuryThreadPool.java:
Add startup() method.
shutdown() method is now public and it's meaning has changed, it now
requests the shutdown rather than performing it.
Renamed some variables to make their meanings clearer.
java/runtime/JavaInternal.java:
Initialise the ThreadPool and MercuryOptions objects on demand.
Make all members of this class static to avoid confusion.
Add a private constructor.
java/runtime/MercuryRuntime.java:
Add methods that can be called by Mercury users to interact with the
runtime system. Including a convenient finalise() method that does all
the finalisation.
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/mercury_lib.m:
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/JavaMain.java:
Extend the standalone Java example so that it makes use of threads: Add
a fibs function in Mercury that uses concurrency and therefore starts
the thread pool; call it from the Java code.
Use the new finalise() method from the MercuryRuntime class inside of a
finally block.
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/Makefile:
Fix a minor error.
In particular, demonstrate how to invoke any module-local finalisers and
retrieve the exit status.
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/Makefile:
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/JavaMain.java:
samples/java_interface/standalone_java/mercury_lib.m:
As above.
samples/java_interface/README:
Describe the new directory.
