prajna.gui

Class TimerThread

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

prajna.gui.TimerThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class TimerThread
extends java.lang.Thread

Simple timer thread which works with TimeDisplays. This thread invokes setDisplayTime() with the current system time at regular intervals. The thread runs as a daemon.

Author:

Edward Swing

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
TimerThread(TimeDisplay timeDisplay) Create a new TimerThread for the specified TimeDisplay

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	run() Run the timer thread.
void	setTimerInterval(long millis) Set the interval between time signals.

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

TimerThread

public TimerThread(TimeDisplay timeDisplay)

Create a new TimerThread for the specified TimeDisplay

Parameters:

timeDisplay - the TimeDisplay which will receive the time signals

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Run the timer thread. This thread will run as long as the TimeDisplay is in real-time mode. Every interval, the thread will invoke setDisplayTime() on the TimeDisplay, using the current system time as the display time. If the TimeDisplay is set to playback mode, this thread will end.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

setTimerInterval

public void setTimerInterval(long millis)

Set the interval between time signals. If not set, the default is 1000 milliseconds

Parameters:

millis - The number of milliseconds between time signals