Reference: Named threads

These lists contain named threads from Java, the IntelliJ platform, and MPS.

Java Threads

• AWT threads
  • AWT-AppKit: macOS-specific thread
  • AWT-EventQueue: = EDT
  • AWT-Windows ⧉
  • AWT-Shutdown ⧉
• Image Fetch/Image Animator (sun.awt.image.ImageFetch ⧉)
• Get All running JVM Threads | baeldung.com ⧉
  • Finalizer ⧉
  • Reference handler: a high-priority thread to enqueue pending references (References ⧉).
  • Signal Dispatcher: handles signals sent by the operating system to the JVM.
• Java2D
  • Java2D Disposer ⧉
  • Java2D Queue flusher
• TimerQueue (java.swing.TimerQueue ⧉)
• Timer (java.util.Timer ⧉)
• Common-Cleaner (java.lang.ref.Cleaner ⧉)
• Attach Listener ⧉
• GC Thread: garbage collector ⧉ thread
• CMS Thread and CMD Main Thread: Thread of the concurrent mark sweep collector ⧉.
• VM Thread ⧉
• Service Thread ⧉
• C1/C2 CompilerThread ⧉
• Sweeper thread ⧉
• JPWP ⧉
• VM Periodic Task Thread ⧉
• JDI (Java Debug Interface ⧉)
  • Debug Events Processor Thread
  • JDI Internal Event Handler
  • JDI Target VM Interface

IntelliJ Platform Threads

• Alarm Pool (Alarm ⧉)
• Flushing Daemon (FlushingDaemon ⧉)
• ApplicationImpl (ApplicationImpl ⧉)
• Periodic tasks thread (AppDelayQueue ⧉)
• BaseDataReader (com.intellij.util.io.BaseDataReader ⧉)
  • the error stream of X
  • the output stream of X
  • the setsid stream of X
• I/O pool (ProcessIOExecutorService ⧉)
• JobScheduler FJ pool (IdeaForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory ⧉)
• Document Committing Pool (DocumentCommitThread ⧉)
• FileBasedIndex Vfs Event Processor (ChangedFilesCollector ⧉)
• Indexing (IndexUpdateRunner ⧉)
• ForkJoinPool (ForkJoinPool ⧉)
• Action Updater (ActionUpdater ⧉)
• fsnotifier: native file system notifier
• DestroyJavaVM ⧉

MPS Threads

• Highlighter: performs model checks in update sessions and updates the editor. Checking rules are run, for example, inside this thread (Highlighter ⧉).
• HighlightUsages: highlights references to the node at the cursor position in the editor (HighlightUsagesSupport ⧉).
• CompletionHelper: automatically opens the code completion menu that was introduced in MPS 2021.2 (CompletionHelper ⧉).
• MPS EDT Executor: invokes read/write/command task asynchronously on the EDT thread (EDTExecutorInternal ⧉).
• MPS interrupting thread: augments the IDEA Platform write action with functionality essential for MPS ( ⧉).
• ChangesManager command queue: queue for tasks of the VCS changes manager (CurrentDifferenceRegistry ⧉)
• Intentions: Shows or hides intentions
• MPS Make Thread: Thread that executes a make task (MakeTask ⧉)
• generation-thread: generator thread (GenerationTaskPool ⧉)
• TextGen-thread: text generator thread (TextGeneratorEngine ⧉)

Other Threads

• AnimatorThread (removed class of com.intellij.util.ui.Timer)
• Poller SunPKCS11-Darwin (macOS-specific thread)
• process reaper ⧉ (Linux/macOS specific thread)
• Batik CleanerThread (org.apache.batik.util.CleanerThread ⧉)
• Netty Builtin Server ⧉
• kotlinx.coroutines.DefaultExecutor ⧉

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Last update: July 16, 2023

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