com.lc.util
Class SwingWorker

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.lc.util.SwingWorker

public abstract class SwingWorker

extends java.lang.Object

3^rd version of the SwingWorker, an abstract class to override for GUI-related operation, in a dedicated thread.
This class has been imported from Sun's site. For more information, have a look at :
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/threads.html

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2002/02/19 22:12:03 $

Author:

Laurent Caillette, Sun Microsystems

Constructor Summary

SwingWorker()
Creates a thread which will call the construct method before ending.

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	construct() Calculates the value to be returned by the get method.
void	finished() Called by the dispath thread, after the construct completed.
java.lang.Object	get() Returns the value created by the construct method.
protected java.lang.Object	getValue() Gets the value produced by the worker thread, or null if not produced yet.
void	interrupt() Forces the worker thread to interrupt.
void	start() Starts the worker thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingWorker

public SwingWorker()

Creates a thread which will call the construct method before ending.

Method Detail

getValue

protected java.lang.Object getValue()

Gets the value produced by the worker thread, or null if not produced yet.

construct

public abstract java.lang.Object construct()

Calculates the value to be returned by the get method.

finished

public void finished()

Called by the dispath thread, after the construct completed.

interrupt

public void interrupt()

Forces the worker thread to interrupt.

get

public java.lang.Object get()

Returns the value created by the construct method.

Returns:

null if the the worker thread, or the current thread, were interrupted before producing a value. The created value otherwise.

start

public void start()

Starts the worker thread.