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package sun.applet;

/**

 * This class defines an applet thread group.

 *

 * @author      Arthur van Hoff

 */

public class AppletThreadGroup extends ThreadGroup {

    /**

     * Constructs a new thread group for an applet.

     * The parent of this new group is the thread

     * group of the currently running thread.

     *

     * @param   name   the name of the new thread group.

     */

    public AppletThreadGroup(String name) {

        this(Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup(), name);

    }

    /**

     * Creates a new thread group for an applet.

     * The parent of this new group is the specified

     * thread group.

     *

     * @param     parent   the parent thread group.

     * @param     name     the name of the new thread group.

     * @exception  NullPointerException  if the thread group argument is

     *               <code>null</code>.

     * @exception  SecurityException  if the current thread cannot create a

     *               thread in the specified thread group.

     * @see     java.lang.SecurityException

     * @since   JDK1.1.1

     */

    public AppletThreadGroup(ThreadGroup parent, String name) {

        super(parent, name);

        setMaxPriority(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY - 1);

    }

}