freemarker.template
Class UpdateTimer

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class UpdateTimer

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

A timer for objects that implement Updatable. Creates a new thread, in which it periodically calls the Updatable's update() method.

Constructor Summary

UpdateTimer()

UpdateTimer(Updatable target, long delay)
Constructs the timer with the update target and update interval

Method Summary

void	run()
void	setDelay(long delay) Sets the update interval
void	setTarget(Updatable target) Sets the target to be updated
void	startTiming() Begins periodic automatic updates of the target.
void	stopTiming() Stops automatically updating the target.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UpdateTimer

public UpdateTimer()

UpdateTimer

public UpdateTimer(Updatable target,
                   long delay)

Constructs the timer with the update target and update interval

Parameters:

target - the object to be updated.

delay - the number of milliseconds between updates.

Method Detail

setTarget

public void setTarget(Updatable target)

Sets the target to be updated

Parameters:

target - the object to be updated.

setDelay

public void setDelay(long delay)

Sets the update interval

Parameters:

delay - the number of milliseconds between updates.

startTiming

public void startTiming()

Begins periodic automatic updates of the target. Since it can't be determined if an existing thread is Runnable or not, create and start a new thread

stopTiming

public void stopTiming()

Stops automatically updating the target.

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable