de.bb.util
Class ThreadManager.Thread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      de.bb.util.ThreadManager.Thread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Enclosing class:

ThreadManager

public static class ThreadManager.Thread
extends java.lang.Thread

Abstract class for all threads used with the ThreadManager.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ThreadManager.Thread(ThreadManager tm)
Ct to create a manageable thread.

Method Summary

boolean	isBusy() Is the current thread busy?
protected boolean	mustDie() This function MUST be polled during the threads run loop.
protected void	requestDie() Force termination of the current thread.
protected void	setBusy() This function MUST be called from the threads main loop BEFORE the real work starts.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ThreadManager.Thread

public ThreadManager.Thread(ThreadManager tm)

Ct to create a manageable thread.

Parameters:

tm - the ThreadManager object

Method Detail

setBusy

protected void setBusy()

This function MUST be called from the threads main loop BEFORE the real work starts.

requestDie

protected void requestDie()

Force termination of the current thread. Next call of mustDie() will return true;

mustDie

protected boolean mustDie()

This function MUST be polled during the threads run loop.

Returns:

true if the thread must terminate its work.

isBusy

public boolean isBusy()

Is the current thread busy? This functions gives only then correct information, if the functions setBusy() and mustDie() are used correctly.

Returns:

true if the current thread does some real work.