Sirius.navigator.method

Class MultithreadedMethod

java.lang.Object

Sirius.navigator.method.MultithreadedMethod

Direct Known Subclasses:

MultithreadedPluginMethod

public abstract class MultithreadedMethod
extends Object

This is the 3rd version of SwingWorker (also known as SwingWorker 3), an abstract class that you subclass to perform GUI-related work in a dedicated thread. For instructions on using this class, see:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/threads.html

Note that the API changed slightly in the 3rd version: You must now invoke start() on the SwingWorker after creating it.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected ProgressObserver	progressObserver

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MultithreadedMethod() Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.
MultithreadedMethod(ProgressObserver progressObserver) Creates a new MultithreadedMethod object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract void	doInvoke() Place your code that should be executed in a new thread here.
protected void	finish() Place your code that should be executed after the thread has finished here.
ProgressObserver	getProgressObserver() DOCUMENT ME!
protected void	init(Object object) Place your code that should be executed before the thread starts here.
void	interrupt() A new method that interrupts the worker thread.
void	invoke(Object object) Start the worker thread.
boolean	isProgressObservable() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

progressObserver

protected ProgressObserver progressObserver

Constructor Detail

MultithreadedMethod

public MultithreadedMethod()

Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.

MultithreadedMethod

public MultithreadedMethod(ProgressObserver progressObserver)

Creates a new MultithreadedMethod object.

Parameters:

progressObserver - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getProgressObserver

public final ProgressObserver getProgressObserver()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

isProgressObservable

public final boolean isProgressObservable()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

invoke

public final void invoke(Object object)

Start the worker thread.

Parameters:

object - DOCUMENT ME!

interrupt

public final void interrupt()

A new method that interrupts the worker thread. Call this method to force the worker to stop what it's doing.

init

protected void init(Object object)

Place your code that should be executed before the thread starts here.

Parameters:

object - DOCUMENT ME!

doInvoke

protected abstract void doInvoke()

Place your code that should be executed in a new thread here.

finish

protected void finish()

Place your code that should be executed after the thread has finished here. This method is called on the event dispatching thread.