com.usefullittlethings.saw.util
Class SwingWorker

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class SwingWorker

extends java.lang.Object

This is the 3rd version of SwingWorker (also known as * SwingWorker 3), 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/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/threads.html * * Note that the API changed slightly in the 3rd version: * You must now invoke start() on the SwingWorker after * creating it.

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.
void	interrupt() A new method that interrupts the worker thread.
void	start() Start the worker thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingWorker

public SwingWorker()

Start a thread that will call the construct method * and then exit.

Method Detail

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 stop 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. * * @return the value created by the construct method

start

public void start()

Start the worker thread.