net.lucidviews.util.gui
Class RepaintThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      net.lucidviews.util.gui.RepaintThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class RepaintThread
extends Thread

A Thread that causes a GUI component to refresh by periodically calling the repaint method.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Stephen Battey

Nested Class Summary

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

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

protected Component	_component The UI component to be refreshed.
protected boolean	_keepRepainting A flag used to elegantly stop the thread.
protected long	_repaintPeriod The number of milli-seconds between each call to the repaint method.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

RepaintThread(Component component, long period)
Create a thread that periodically calls repaint on a given component.

Method Summary

void	doStop() Terminate this thead.
void	run()

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, 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

Field Detail

_repaintPeriod

protected long _repaintPeriod

The number of milli-seconds between each call to the repaint method.

_component

protected Component _component

The UI component to be refreshed.

_keepRepainting

protected boolean _keepRepainting

A flag used to elegantly stop the thread.

Constructor Detail

RepaintThread

public RepaintThread(Component component,
                     long period)

Create a thread that periodically calls repaint on a given component.

Parameters:

component - the GUI component to be periodically repainted

period - the time between each render, in milli-seconds

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread

doStop

public void doStop()

Terminate this thead.
This happens asynchronously. This method may return without the thread actually having terminated but with the termination pending.