com.partnersoft.gadgets

Class ProcessingQueue

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

com.partnersoft.gadgets.ProcessingQueue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public abstract class ProcessingQueue
extends java.lang.Thread

A little processing queue with its own thread. Just sits and blocks until there is something to do, then does it, lah de dah.

Author:

Paul Reavis Copyright 2001 Partner Software, Inc.

Nested Class Summary

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

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProcessingQueue()
ProcessingQueue(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addItem(java.lang.Object newItem) Adds an item to the queue.
void	close() Finishes up and stops thread.
abstract void	processItem(java.lang.Object nextItem) Subclasses just implement this to handle items to be processed.
void	run()
void	sync() Blocks until queue is empty.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, 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

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProcessingQueue

public ProcessingQueue()

ProcessingQueue

public ProcessingQueue(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

processItem

public abstract void processItem(java.lang.Object nextItem)

Subclasses just implement this to handle items to be processed.

sync

public void sync()

Blocks until queue is empty.

close

public void close()

Finishes up and stops thread.

addItem

public void addItem(java.lang.Object newItem)

Adds an item to the queue.

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread