ConForM.CoopnTools.CoKer
Class CoopnSwingWorker

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:
EvalFirstWorker, EvalNextWorker, SimFirstWorker, SimInitWorker, SimNextWorker

public abstract class CoopnSwingWorker
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-current/threads2.html


Constructor Summary
CoopnSwingWorker()
          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 in its dedicated thread.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CoopnSwingWorker

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

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.

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. 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

start

public void start()
Start the worker in its dedicated thread.