[concurrency-interest] throwing RuntimeException vs Exception in ThreadPoolExecutor

[Kai Meder]

Hello,
I'm hacking in Scala and use the ThreadPoolExecutor. I use an Exception
"TerminatedChannel", using the trait ControlThrowable, inside my tasks
in for ControlFlow (please no discussion about this).

When using TerminatedChannel as a RuntimeException it passes the
attached ThreadPoolExector-CodeBlock. If used just as a Throwable the
ThreadPoolExecutor suspends the thread, as TerminatedChannel broke its neck.

Is this supposed Java-behaviour? Do I need to declare Exceptions as
RuntimeExceptions to get propagated to the normal catch-clause?

Any advice appreciated very much. Thanks!


public void run() {
            try {
                Runnable task = firstTask;
                firstTask = null;
                while (task != null || (task = getTask()) != null) {
                    runTask(task);
                    task = null;
                }
            } finally {
                workerDone(this);
            }
        }