uk.ac.ucl.che.esf.base
Class Method.Invocation

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      uk.ac.ucl.che.esf.base.Method.Invocation

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Enclosing class:

Method

public class Method.Invocation
extends java.lang.Thread

Thread inner class to apply methods in the GUI interface. This is used so that the GUI does not lock up when long running methods are invoked. Of course, one should be careful with synchronization issues...

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

Method.Invocation(EGO object, java.lang.String method)
The constructor expects the object whose method will be applied.

Method Summary

void	run() This will be called by the thread manager

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

Constructor Detail

Method.Invocation

public Method.Invocation(EGO object,
                         java.lang.String method)

The constructor expects the object whose method will be applied. The method is described by name and the invocation only works for 0 arguments methods with no return value at present.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

This will be called by the thread manager

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread