ix.util
Class TransferThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      ix.util.CatchingThread
          ix.util.TransferThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public abstract class TransferThread
extends CatchingThread

A thread that processes a message queue.

See Also:

MessageQueue

Nested Class Summary

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

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

Field Summary

protected MessageQueue

queue

Fields inherited from class ix.util.CatchingThread

innerRunnable

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

TransferThread()

Method Summary

abstract void	handle(java.lang.Object message) Called to process the message in whatever way is desired.
void	innerRun() Loops taking a message from the queue and calling handle(message).
void	take(java.lang.Object message) Enqueue the object for processing

Methods inherited from class ix.util.CatchingThread

handleException, 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

queue

protected MessageQueue queue

Constructor Detail

TransferThread

public TransferThread()

Method Detail

take

public void take(java.lang.Object message)

Enqueue the object for processing

innerRun

public void innerRun()

Loops taking a message from the queue and calling handle(message).

Overrides:

innerRun in class CatchingThread

handle

public abstract void handle(java.lang.Object message)

Called to process the message in whatever way is desired.