--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gui/edu/unc/genomics/ThreadFilter.java	Mon Feb 13 22:12:06 2012 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package edu.unc.genomics;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter;
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
+
+/**
+ * A Log4j filter that filters for messages from a single thread
+ * @author timpalpant
+ *
+ */
+public class ThreadFilter extends Filter {
+	
+	private final String threadName;
+	
+	public ThreadFilter(String threadName) {
+		this.threadName = threadName;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int decide(LoggingEvent e) {
+		if(e.getThreadName().equalsIgnoreCase(threadName)) {
+			return Filter.DENY;
+		}
+		
+		return Filter.NEUTRAL;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the threadName
+	 */
+	public String getThreadName() {
+		return threadName;
+	}
+
+}