/* * File : SwingWorker.java * Created : 09-jan-2002 12:00 * By : fbusquets * * JClic - Authoring and playing system for educational activities * * Taken from: * The Java Tutorial * http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ */ package edu.xtec.util; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; /** * 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. */ public abstract class SwingWorker { private Object value; // see getValue(), setValue() private Thread thread; private boolean cancelled; /** * Class to maintain reference to current worker thread under separate * synchronization control. */ private static class ThreadVar { private Thread thread; ThreadVar(Thread t) { thread = t; } synchronized Thread get() { return thread; } synchronized void clear() { thread = null; } } private ThreadVar threadVar; /** * Get the value produced by the worker thread, or null if it hasn't been * constructed yet. */ protected synchronized Object getValue() { return value; } public void cancel() { cancelled = true; } public boolean isCancelled() { return cancelled; } /** Set the value produced by worker thread */ private synchronized void setValue(Object x) { value = x; } /** Compute the value to be returned by the get method. */ public abstract Object construct(); /** * Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the * construct * method has returned. */ public void finished() { } /** * A new method that interrupts the worker thread. Call this method to force the * worker to stop what it's doing. */ public void interrupt() { Thread t = threadVar.get(); if (t != null) { t.interrupt(); } threadVar.clear(); } /** * 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 */ public Object get() { while (true) { Thread t = threadVar.get(); if (t == null) { return getValue(); } try { t.join(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // propagate return null; } } } /** * Start a thread that will call the construct method and then * exit. */ public SwingWorker() { final Runnable doFinished = new Runnable() { public void run() { finished(); } }; Runnable doConstruct = new Runnable() { public void run() { try { setValue(construct()); } finally { threadVar.clear(); } SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doFinished); } }; Thread t = new Thread(doConstruct); threadVar = new ThreadVar(t); } /** Start the worker thread. */ public void start() { Thread t = threadVar.get(); if (t != null) { t.start(); } } public void startLater() { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { start(); } }); } }