net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread
Class ExtendedThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread.ExtendedThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

FeedLoader, FeedValidator

public class ExtendedThread

extends Thread

This simple extension of the Thread class uses a boolean flag to indicate wether it was stopped or not. This avoids the need of using the stop() method

Version:

1.1.3

Author:

Benjamin Pasero

Field Summary

protected boolean

stopped Flag indicating status of the Thread

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ExtendedThread()
Instantiate a new Extended Thread

ExtendedThread(String name)
Instantiate a new Extended Thread

Method Summary

boolean	isStopped() Check if this Thread was stopped
void	startThread() Starts this Thread
void	stopThread() Stops this Thread by setting the stopped-flag to TRUE

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, 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

stopped

protected boolean stopped

Flag indicating status of the Thread

Constructor Detail

ExtendedThread

public ExtendedThread()

Instantiate a new Extended Thread

See Also:

Thread

ExtendedThread

public ExtendedThread(String name)

Instantiate a new Extended Thread

Parameters:

name - the name of the new thread.

See Also:

Thread

Method Detail

isStopped

public boolean isStopped()

Check if this Thread was stopped

Returns:

boolean TRUE if stopped

startThread

public void startThread()

Starts this Thread

stopThread

public void stopThread()

Stops this Thread by setting the stopped-flag to TRUE