com.devnullsoftware.swingutils
Class SwingWorker

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class SwingWorker

extends java.lang.Object

An abstract class that you subclass to perform GUI-related work in a dedicated thread. For instructions on using this class, see http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-current/threads2.html

Constructor Summary

SwingWorker()
Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	construct() Compute the value to be returned by the get method.
void	finished() Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.
java.lang.Object	get() Return the value created by the construct method.
void	interrupt() A new method that interrupts the worker thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingWorker

public SwingWorker()

Start a thread that will call the construct method and then exit.

Method Detail

construct

public abstract java.lang.Object construct()

Compute the value to be returned by the get method.

finished

public void finished()

Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.

interrupt

public void interrupt()

A new method that interrupts the worker thread. Call this method to force the worker to abort what it's doing.

get

public java.lang.Object get()

Return the value created by the construct method.