com.swfm.mica.core
Class MiPartModifierThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.swfm.mica.core.MiPartModifierThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class MiPartModifierThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Version:

%I% %G%

Author:

Michael L. Davis

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

MiPartModifierThread(MiCanvas canvas)
Constructs a new MiPartModifierThread for the given canvas.

Method Summary

MiCanvas	getCanvas() Gets the canvas this thread runs on.
boolean	isStopped()
MiPartModifierThread	makeNewRunningThread() Convience method that calls the associated canvas's makeNewRunningThread method.
void	notifyAllThreads() Convience method that calls the associated canvas's notifySelf method.
void	stopThread() Frees all access locks the calling thread has on the associated canvas, and the stops the calling thread.
void	waitThread() Frees all access locks the calling thread has on the associated canvas, wait on the canvas for a notify event, and then get all the access locks back again, and return.

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

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

Constructor Detail

MiPartModifierThread

public MiPartModifierThread(MiCanvas canvas)

Constructs a new MiPartModifierThread for the given canvas.

Parameters:

canvas - the canvas this thread will run on.

Method Detail

getCanvas

public MiCanvas getCanvas()

Gets the canvas this thread runs on.

Returns:

the associated canvas

waitThread

public void waitThread()

Frees all access locks the calling thread has on the associated canvas, wait on the canvas for a notify event, and then get all the access locks back again, and return. This is used to allow another thread access to the associated canvas, which then does it's thing, and when done calls notifyAllThreads to notify threads like this one that they can start running again.

See Also:

MiCanvas, notifyAllThreads(), MiCanvas.notifySelf()

stopThread

public void stopThread()

Frees all access locks the calling thread has on the associated canvas, and the stops the calling thread.

See Also:

MiCanvas, waitThread()

isStopped

public boolean isStopped()

makeNewRunningThread

public MiPartModifierThread makeNewRunningThread()

Convience method that calls the associated canvas's makeNewRunningThread method.

Returns:

The new thread

See Also:

MiCanvas.makeNewRunningThread()

notifyAllThreads

public void notifyAllThreads()

Convience method that calls the associated canvas's notifySelf method.

See Also:

MiCanvas.notifySelf()