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private volatile Thread thread;

    @Override
    public void execute(Runnable task) {
        ObjectUtil.checkNotNull(task, "task");
        execute(task, !(task instanceof LazyRunnable) && wakesUpForTask(task));
    }

    private void execute(Runnable task, boolean immediate) {
        boolean inEventLoop = inEventLoop();
        addTask(task);
        if (!inEventLoop) {
            startThread();
            if (isShutdown()) {
                boolean reject = false;
                try {
                    if (removeTask(task)) {
                        reject = true;
                    }
                } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
                    // The task queue does not support removal so the best thing we can do is to just move on and
                    // hope we will be able to pick-up the task before its completely terminated.
                    // In worst case we will log on termination.
                }
                if (reject) {
                    reject();
                }
            }
        }

        if (!addTaskWakesUp && immediate) {
            wakeup(inEventLoop);
        }
    }

• AbstractEventExecutor

    @Override
    public boolean inEventLoop() {
        return inEventLoop(Thread.currentThread());
    }

• SingleThreadEventExecutor

    @Override
    public boolean inEventLoop(Thread thread) {
        return thread == this.thread;
    }

• startThread -> doStartThread

    private void startThread() {
        if (state == ST_NOT_STARTED) {
            if (STATE_UPDATER.compareAndSet(this, ST_NOT_STARTED, ST_STARTED)) {
                boolean success = false;
                try {
                    doStartThread();
                    success = true;
                } finally {
                    if (!success) {
                        STATE_UPDATER.compareAndSet(this, ST_STARTED, ST_NOT_STARTED);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

• thread = Thread.currentThread()

    private void doStartThread() {
        assert thread == null;
        executor.execute(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                thread = Thread.currentThread();
                if (interrupted) {
                    thread.interrupt();
                }
                // ...
            }
        }
    }