Thread Pool

Below you'll find a thread pool sample I found on http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Threads/Threadpooldemo.htm.

It seems pretty cool, but I'm a novice, so I don't know. What I could really use is someone to walk me through what's going on in the application
and tell me how I can implement a parser using this app. That is, i have a parser that reads text files. I have dirs with text files, sometimes over a thousand in one directory. I'd like to be able to dip into the Thread Pool (so to speak) in order to run multple instances of the parser.

something like:

 File[] aryLogDirFiles = fLogDir.listFiles();
           int z = aryLogDirFiles.length;
           for (int i=0; i<z; i=i++){
                         //now start a new thread if available
                  }


//Begin threadpool sample


public class ThreadPoolMain extends Object {

  public static Runnable makeRunnable(final String name, final long firstDelay) {

    return new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        try {
          System.out.println(name + ": starting up");
          Thread.sleep(firstDelay);
          System.out.println(name + ": doing some stuff");
          Thread.sleep(2000);
          System.out.println(name + ": leaving");
        } catch (InterruptedException ix) {
          System.out.println(name + ": got interrupted!");
          return;
        } catch (Exception x) {
          x.printStackTrace();
        }
      }

      public String toString() {
        return name;
      }
    };
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      ThreadPool pool = new ThreadPool(50); //defines number of threads (leave at 50)

      Runnable ra = makeRunnable("RA", 3000);
      pool.execute(ra);

      Runnable rb = makeRunnable("RB", 1000);
      pool.execute(rb);

      Runnable rc = makeRunnable("RC", 2000);
      pool.execute(rc);

      Runnable rd = makeRunnable("RD", 60000);
      pool.execute(rd);

      Runnable re = makeRunnable("RE", 1000);
      pool.execute(re);

      pool.stopRequestIdleWorkers();
      Thread.sleep(2000);
      pool.stopRequestIdleWorkers();

      Thread.sleep(5000);
      pool.stopRequestAllWorkers();
    } catch (InterruptedException ix) {
      ix.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

class ThreadPool extends Object {
  private ObjectFIFO idleWorkers;

  private ThreadPoolWorker[] workerList;

  public ThreadPool(int numberOfThreads) {
    // make sure that it's at least one
    numberOfThreads = Math.max(1, numberOfThreads);

    idleWorkers = new ObjectFIFO(numberOfThreads);
    workerList = new ThreadPoolWorker[numberOfThreads];

    for (int i = 0; i < workerList.length; i++) {
      workerList[i] = new ThreadPoolWorker(idleWorkers);
    }
  }

  public void execute(Runnable target) throws InterruptedException {
    // block (forever) until a worker is available
    ThreadPoolWorker worker = (ThreadPoolWorker) idleWorkers.remove();
    worker.process(target);
  }

  public void stopRequestIdleWorkers() {
    try {
      Object[] idle = idleWorkers.removeAll();
      for (int i = 0; i < idle.length; i++) {
        ((ThreadPoolWorker) idle[i]).stopRequest();
      }
    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
      Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // re-assert
    }
  }

  public void stopRequestAllWorkers() {
    stopRequestIdleWorkers();

    try {
      Thread.sleep(250);
    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < workerList.length; i++) {
      if (workerList[i].isAlive()) {
        workerList[i].stopRequest();
      }
    }
  }
}

class ThreadPoolWorker extends Object {
  private static int nextWorkerID = 0;

  private ObjectFIFO idleWorkers;

  private int workerID;

  private ObjectFIFO handoffBox;

  private Thread internalThread;

  private volatile boolean noStopRequested;

  public ThreadPoolWorker(ObjectFIFO idleWorkers) {
    this.idleWorkers = idleWorkers;

    workerID = getNextWorkerID();
    handoffBox = new ObjectFIFO(1); // only one slot

    // just before returning, the thread should be created and started.
    noStopRequested = true;

    Runnable r = new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
        try {
          runWork();
        } catch (Exception x) {
          // in case ANY exception slips through
          x.printStackTrace();
        }
      }
    };

    internalThread = new Thread(r);
    internalThread.start();
  }

  public static synchronized int getNextWorkerID() {
    // notice: synchronized at the class level to ensure uniqueness
    int id = nextWorkerID;
    nextWorkerID++;
    return id;
  }

  public void process(Runnable target) throws InterruptedException {
    handoffBox.add(target);
  }

  private void runWork() {
    while (noStopRequested) {
      try {
        System.out.println("workerID=" + workerID + ", ready for work");

        idleWorkers.add(this);

        Runnable r = (Runnable) handoffBox.remove();

        System.out.println("workerID=" + workerID
            + ", starting execution of new Runnable: " + r);
        runIt(r);
      } catch (InterruptedException x) {
        Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // re-assert
      }
    }
  }

  private void runIt(Runnable r) {
    try {
      r.run();
    } catch (Exception runex) {
      System.err.println("Uncaught exception fell through from run()");
      runex.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      Thread.interrupted();
    }
  }

  public void stopRequest() {
    System.out
        .println("workerID=" + workerID + ", stopRequest() received.");
    noStopRequested = false;
    internalThread.interrupt();
  }

  public boolean isAlive() {
    return internalThread.isAlive();
  }
}

class ObjectFIFO extends Object {
  private Object[] queue;

  private int capacity;

  private int size;

  private int head;

  private int tail;

  public ObjectFIFO(int cap) {
    capacity = (cap > 0) ? cap : 1; // at least 1
    queue = new Object[capacity];
    head = 0;
    tail = 0;
    size = 0;
  }

  public int getCapacity() {
    return capacity;
  }

  public synchronized int getSize() {
    return size;
  }

  public synchronized boolean isEmpty() {
    return (size == 0);
  }

  public synchronized boolean isFull() {
    return (size == capacity);
  }

  public synchronized void add(Object obj) throws InterruptedException {

    waitWhileFull();

    queue[head] = obj;
    head = (head + 1) % capacity;
    size++;

    notifyAll();
  }

  public synchronized void addEach(Object[] list) throws InterruptedException {

    for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
      add(list[i]);
    }
  }

  public synchronized Object remove() throws InterruptedException {

    waitWhileEmpty();

    Object obj = queue[tail];

    queue[tail] = null;

    tail = (tail + 1) % capacity;
    size--;

    notifyAll();

    return obj;
  }

  public synchronized Object[] removeAll() throws InterruptedException {

     Object[] list = new Object[size];

    for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
      list[i] = remove();
    }

    return list;
  }

  public synchronized Object[] removeAtLeastOne() throws InterruptedException {

    waitWhileEmpty();
    return removeAll();
  }

  public synchronized boolean waitUntilEmpty(long msTimeout)
      throws InterruptedException {

    if (msTimeout == 0L) {
      waitUntilEmpty();
      return true;
    }

    long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + msTimeout;
    long msRemaining = msTimeout;

    while (!isEmpty() && (msRemaining > 0L)) {
      wait(msRemaining);
      msRemaining = endTime - System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    return isEmpty();
  }

  public synchronized void waitUntilEmpty() throws InterruptedException {

    while (!isEmpty()) {
      wait();
    }
  }

  public synchronized void waitWhileEmpty() throws InterruptedException {

    while (isEmpty()) {
      wait();
    }
  }

  public synchronized void waitUntilFull() throws InterruptedException {

    while (!isFull()) {
      wait();
    }
  }

  public synchronized void waitWhileFull() throws InterruptedException {

    while (isFull()) {
      wait();
    }
  }
}