Class SwingWorker

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--SwingWorker
Direct Known Subclasses:
ArrayControlCommand, ControllerConfigCommand, ExposureCommand, ManualCommand, PciTimUtilCommand, SetupCommand

abstract class SwingWorker
extends java.lang.Object

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/products/jfc/swingdoc/threads.html This version has an extra method called interrupt(), see the Example1 class below for more information.


Field Summary
protected  boolean abort
           
private  java.lang.Thread thread
           
private  java.lang.Object value
           
 
Constructor Summary
SwingWorker()
          Modified to do nothing.
 
Method Summary
 boolean alive()
          Check if the current thread is alive.
abstract  java.lang.Object construct()
          Compute the value to be returned by the get method.
 void finished()
          Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.
 java.lang.Object get()
          Return the value created by the construct method.
 void interrupt()
          A new method that interrupts the worker thread.
 void stop()
          Abort the current thread.
 void thread_it()
          Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

value

private java.lang.Object value

thread

private volatile java.lang.Thread thread

abort

protected boolean abort
Constructor Detail

SwingWorker

public SwingWorker()
Modified to do nothing. To start the thread, the subclass must call the "thread_it" method.
Method Detail

construct

public abstract java.lang.Object construct()
Compute the value to be returned by the get method.

finished

public void finished()
Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.

alive

public boolean alive()
Check if the current thread is alive.

stop

public void stop()
Abort the current thread.

interrupt

public void interrupt()
A new method that interrupts the worker thread. Call this method to force the worker to abort what it's doing.

get

public java.lang.Object get()
Return the value created by the construct method.

thread_it

public void thread_it()
Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.