com.lowagie.toolbox.swing
Class EventDispatchingThread

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.toolbox.swing.EventDispatchingThread

public abstract class EventDispatchingThread
extends Object

Since:

2.1.1 (imported from itexttoolbox project)

Nested Class Summary

private static class

EventDispatchingThread.ThreadWrapper Inner class that holds the reference to the thread.

Field Summary

private EventDispatchingThread.ThreadWrapper	thread A wrapper for the tread that executes a time-consuming task.
private Object	value The value of an object constructed by the construct() method.

Constructor Summary

EventDispatchingThread()
Starts a thread.

Method Summary

abstract Object	construct() Implement this class; the time-consuming task will go here.
void	finished() Called on the event dispatching thread once the construct method has finished its task.
Object	get() Returns the value created by the construct method.
void	interrupt() Forces the thread to stop what it's doing.
void	start() Starts the thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

value

private Object value

The value of an object constructed by the construct() method.

thread

private EventDispatchingThread.ThreadWrapper thread

A wrapper for the tread that executes a time-consuming task.

Constructor Detail

EventDispatchingThread

public EventDispatchingThread()

Starts a thread. Executes the time-consuming task in the construct method; finally calls the finish().

Method Detail

construct

public abstract Object construct()

Implement this class; the time-consuming task will go here.

Returns:

Object

start

public void start()

Starts the thread.

interrupt

public void interrupt()

Forces the thread to stop what it's doing.

finished

public void finished()

Called on the event dispatching thread once the construct method has finished its task.

get

public Object get()

Returns the value created by the construct method.

Returns:

the value created by the construct method or null if the task was interrupted before it was finished.