added potential performance improvement

.project

@@ -25,17 +25,11 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 		<nature>edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse.findbugsNature</nature>
 		<nature>net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin.pmdNature</nature>
-		<nature>net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleNature</nature>
 	</natures>
 </projectDescription>

src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractRunnableStage.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ abstract class AbstractRunnableStage implements Runnable {
 
 	@Override
 	public final void run() {
+		final Stage stage = this.stage; // should prevent the stage to be reloaded after a volatile read
 		this.logger.debug("Executing runnable stage...");
 
 		try {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ abstract class AbstractRunnableStage implements Runnable {
 						executeStage();
 					} while (!stage.shouldBeTerminated());
 				} catch (StageException e) {
-					this.stage.terminate();
+					stage.terminate();
 					throw e;
 				} finally {
 					afterStageExecution();
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ abstract class AbstractRunnableStage implements Runnable {
 			}
 		}
 
-		logger.debug("Finished runnable stage. (" + this.stage.getId() + ")");
+		logger.debug("Finished runnable stage. (" + stage.getId() + ")");
 	}
 
 	protected abstract void beforeStageExecution() throws InterruptedException;