analyzer.util
Class SwingWorker
java.lang.Object
|
+--analyzer.util.SwingWorker
- public abstract class SwingWorker
- 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 |
SwingWorker()
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. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone,
equals,
finalize,
getClass,
hashCode,
notify,
notifyAll,
toString,
wait,
wait,
wait |
SwingWorker
public SwingWorker()
- Start a thread that will call the
construct
method
and then exit.
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
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