Let's just institutionalize the use of a separate thread for authentication

because we want to follow that pattern in all of our games.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/narya/trunk@5169 542714f4-19e9-0310-aa3c-eee0fc999fb1

src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsAuthInvoker.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+//
+// $Id$
+//
+// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
+// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+package com.threerings.presents.server;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.Invoker;
+
+/**
+ * A separate invoker thread on which we perform client authentication. This allows the normal
+ * server operation to proceed even in the event that our authentication services have gone down
+ * and attempts to authenticate cause long timeouts and blockage.
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class PresentsAuthInvoker extends Invoker
+{
+    @Inject public PresentsAuthInvoker (PresentsDObjectMgr omgr)
+    {
+        super("presents.AuthInvoker", omgr);
+        setDaemon(true);
+    }
+}