com.planeth.common.timing
Interface IThreadControllable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AutoFire, Bomb, GamePanel, ShipAgent, SoundRepeater, Timer

public interface IThreadControllable

Interface for a Thread controllable Object

Author:

Andreas Grässer, gal@planet-h.com.
created Jun 12, 2005

See Also:

TimedObjectThread

Method Summary

void	doNextStep() Does the next step
boolean	isReadyToDie() Returns true, if the IThreadControllable is ready to die Ready to die means, the Thread which controls the IThreadControllable, will terminate and the IThreadControllable will be deleted.
void	setReadyToDie() Sets the IThreadControllable ready to die.

Method Detail

doNextStep

public void doNextStep()

Does the next step

isReadyToDie

public boolean isReadyToDie()

Returns true, if the IThreadControllable is ready to die
Ready to die means, the Thread which controls the IThreadControllable, will terminate and the IThreadControllable will be deleted.

Returns:

Returns true, if the IThreadControllable is ready to die

setReadyToDie

public void setReadyToDie()

Sets the IThreadControllable ready to die.