Loader Thread Example

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class LoaderThread extends Thread {

    private boolean running = true;
    private List<ModelOrSomething> waitingResources = new ArrayList<ModelOrSomething>();

    public LoaderThread() {
        this.start();
    }

    public synchronized void addResourceToLoad(ModelOrSomething resource) {
        waitingResources.add(resource);
    }

    public void stopThread(){
        running = false;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while (running) {
            List<ModelOrSomething> resources = getResources();
            for (ModelOrSomething resource : resources) {
                resource.load();
            }
            try {
                sleep(10);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    private synchronized List<ModelOrSomething> getResources() {
        List<ModelOrSomething> resourcesForLoading = new ArrayList<ModelOrSomething>(waitingResources);
        waitingResources.clear();
        return resourcesForLoading;
    }

}