com.planeth.common.timing
Class TimedObjectThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.planeth.common.timing.TimedObjectThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class TimedObjectThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Thread with a predefined min frameTime
If the thread goes faster than the defined frameTime, it waits until the frametime is reached.

Author:

Andreas Grässer, gal@planet-h.com.
created May 7, 2005

See Also:

IThreadControllable

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

TimedObjectThread(IThreadControllable threadControllable)
Constructor for TimedObjectThread.

TimedObjectThread(IThreadControllable threadControllable, int preferredFrameTime)
Constructor for TimedObjectThread.

Method Summary

static int	getActiveThreadCount() Returns the complete number of TimedObjectThreads existing
void	run()
void	safeStop() Triggers a safe stop of the Thread.
static void	terminateAllThreads() Termitates all TimedObjectThreads (safeStop)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, 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

TimedObjectThread

public TimedObjectThread(IThreadControllable threadControllable)

Constructor for TimedObjectThread.

Parameters:

threadControllable - the IThreadControllable to be controlled by the Thread

TimedObjectThread

public TimedObjectThread(IThreadControllable threadControllable,
                         int preferredFrameTime)

Constructor for TimedObjectThread.

Parameters:

threadControllable - the IThreadControllable to be controlled by the Thread

preferredFrameTime - the min frameTime for the Thread

Method Detail

getActiveThreadCount

public static int getActiveThreadCount()

Returns the complete number of TimedObjectThreads existing

Returns:

Returns the complete number of TimedObjectThreads existing

terminateAllThreads

public static void terminateAllThreads()

Termitates all TimedObjectThreads (safeStop)

safeStop

public void safeStop()

Triggers a safe stop of the Thread.
After running safeStop the Thread finishes its current step and terminates after that.

run

public void run()

See Also:

Runnable.run()