org.mortbay.util
Class LifeCycleThread

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mortbay.util.LifeCycleThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

LifeCycle, java.lang.Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Listener, Server

public abstract class LifeCycleThread

extends java.lang.Object

implements LifeCycle, java.lang.Runnable

Base Thread class implementing LifeCycle.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Constructor Summary

LifeCycleThread()

Method Summary

boolean	error(java.lang.Error e) Handle error from loop.
boolean	exception(java.lang.Exception e) Handle exception from loop.
java.lang.Thread	getThread()
boolean	isDaemon()
boolean	isStarted()
abstract void	loop()
void	run()
void	setDaemon(boolean d)
void	start() Start the LifeCycle.
void	stop() Stop the LifeCycle.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LifeCycleThread

public LifeCycleThread()

Method Detail

isDaemon

public boolean isDaemon()

setDaemon

public void setDaemon(boolean d)

getThread

public java.lang.Thread getThread()

isStarted

public boolean isStarted()

Specified by:

isStarted in interface LifeCycle

Returns:

True if the LifeCycle has been started.

start

public void start()
           throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: LifeCycle

Start the LifeCycle.

Specified by:

start in interface LifeCycle

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - An arbitrary exception may be thrown.

stop

public void stop()
          throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Description copied from interface: LifeCycle

Stop the LifeCycle. The LifeCycle may wait for current activities to complete normally, but it can be interrupted.

Specified by:

stop in interface LifeCycle

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException - Stopping a lifecycle is rarely atomic and may be interrupted by another thread. If this happens InterruptedException is throw and the component will be in an indeterminant state and should probably be discarded.

run

public final void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

exception

public boolean exception(java.lang.Exception e)

Handle exception from loop.

Parameters:

e - The exception

Returns:

True of the loop should continue;

error

public boolean error(java.lang.Error e)

Handle error from loop.

Parameters:

e - The exception

Returns:

True of the loop should continue;

loop

public abstract void loop()
                   throws java.lang.InterruptedException,
                          java.io.InterruptedIOException,
                          java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException

java.io.InterruptedIOException

java.lang.Exception