How to access a Runnable object by Thread?

Question

Possible duplicate: need-help-returning-object-in-thread-run-method

Hello. I have a class implementing runnable and I have a List, storing Threads instantiated with

Answer 1

To give a concrete example of Paul Crowley's solution, I think this is what he suggests:

public class BackgroundJob extends Thread {

    private final JOB mJob;

    public BackgroundJob(JOB job) {
        super(job);
        mJob = job;
    }

    public JOB getJob() {
        return mJob;
    }

}