Handler-compatible AsyncHandler which runs tasks on some other thread

AsyncHandler.java

package foo;

import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.HandlerThread;

/**
 * Subclass of {@link Handler} that does things on some background thread.
 * 
 * @author Sam Thorogood (sam.thorogood@gmail.com)
 */
public class AsyncHandler extends Handler {
  private final HandlerThread thread;

  public static Handler create() {
    HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread(AsyncHandler.class.getName());
    thread.start();
    return new AsyncHandler(thread);
  }

  private AsyncHandler(HandlerThread thread) {
    super(thread.getLooper());
    this.thread = thread;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (o instanceof AsyncHandler) {
      return ((AsyncHandler) o).thread.equals(thread);
    }
    return false;
  }
}