biz.chitec.quarterback.util
Class StoppableThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      biz.chitec.quarterback.util.StoppableThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CBServerConnector.LineWakeupToggler, ConnectionTableFrame.FreeFloatingHandleThread, Killer, LoggingReceiverUpdater, SessionedServerConnector.BackgroundConnectionOpener

public abstract class StoppableThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Thread with a special stopping method. stopGracefully() stops the thread somehow gracefully. How this is done is up to the implementation.

Version:

$Id: e692b0535d3bb735fdc565a1607df1db808138df $

Author:

chitec/Dirk Hillbrecht 2001. Distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL.

Nested Class Summary

protected class

StoppableThread.StopException Exception for gracefully stopping the run() method.

Field Summary

protected boolean

shouldbestopped The variable keeping the information that this thread should be stopped.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

StoppableThread()
Parameterless constructor.

StoppableThread(java.lang.String name)
Constructor with thread name

Method Summary

boolean	shouldBeStopped() Element method for the should-be-stopped variable.
void	stopGracefully() Stops the operation of the run() method somehow gracefully.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, 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

Field Detail

shouldbestopped

protected boolean shouldbestopped

The variable keeping the information that this thread should be stopped.

Constructor Detail

StoppableThread

public StoppableThread()

Parameterless constructor.

StoppableThread

public StoppableThread(java.lang.String name)

Constructor with thread name

Method Detail

shouldBeStopped

public boolean shouldBeStopped()

Element method for the should-be-stopped variable.

stopGracefully

public void stopGracefully()

Stops the operation of the run() method somehow gracefully. This method does just set an internal variable. To evaluate that one is up to the implementation.