com.dlsc.flexgantt.swing.util
Class AbstractSwingWorker

java.lang.Object
  com.dlsc.flexgantt.swing.util.AbstractSwingWorker

public abstract class AbstractSwingWorker
extends java.lang.Object

This is the 3rd version of AbstractSwingWorker (also known as AbstractSwingWorker 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 AbstractSwingWorker after creating it.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

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.
protected java.lang.Object	getValue() Get the value produced by the worker thread, or null if it hasn't been constructed yet.
void	interrupt() A new method that interrupts the worker thread.
void	start() Start the worker thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractSwingWorker

public AbstractSwingWorker()

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

Since:

1.0

Method Detail

getValue

protected java.lang.Object getValue()

Get the value produced by the worker thread, or null if it hasn't been constructed yet.

Returns:

the value produced by the worker thread

Since:

1.0

construct

public abstract java.lang.Object construct()

Compute the value to be returned by the get method.

Returns:

the value to be returned by the worker thread

Since:

1.0

finished

public void finished()

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

Since:

1.0

interrupt

public void interrupt()

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

Since:

1.0

get

public java.lang.Object get()

Return the value created by the construct method. Returns null if either the constructing thread or the current thread was interrupted before a value was produced.

Returns:

the value created by the construct method

Since:

1.0

start

public void start()

Start the worker thread.

Since:

1.0