textbender.g.lang
Class ThreadX

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      ThreadX

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public final class ThreadX
extends Thread

Thread extensions and utilities.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

static Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler	UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_LOGGER A handler that logs uncaught errors and exceptions using the thread's associated logger.
static Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler	UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_PRINTER A handler that prints stack traces of uncaught errors and exceptions to the standard error stream.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ThreadX()

ThreadX(Runnable target)

ThreadX(Runnable target, String name)

ThreadX(ThreadGroup threadGroup, Runnable target, String name)

Method Summary

boolean	tryJoin() Same as join(), but returns normally if interrupted.
boolean	tryJoin(long milliseconds) Same as join(milliseconds), but returns normally if interrupted.
static boolean	trySleep(long milliseconds) Same as sleep(milliseconds), but an interruption merely cuts short the sleep.

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, run, 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

Field Detail

UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_LOGGER

public static final Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_LOGGER

A handler that logs uncaught errors and exceptions using the thread's associated logger.

UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_PRINTER

public static final Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_PRINTER

A handler that prints stack traces of uncaught errors and exceptions to the standard error stream. Similar to the default behaviour of ThreadGroup.uncaughtException.

Constructor Detail

ThreadX

public ThreadX()

ThreadX

public ThreadX(Runnable target)

ThreadX

public ThreadX(Runnable target,
               String name)

ThreadX

public ThreadX(ThreadGroup threadGroup,
               Runnable target,
               String name)

Method Detail

tryJoin

public boolean tryJoin()

Same as join(), but returns normally if interrupted.

Returns:

true if the wait ended normally; false if an InterruptedException occured

tryJoin

public boolean tryJoin(long milliseconds)

Same as join(milliseconds), but returns normally if interrupted.

Returns:

true if the wait ended normally; false if an InterruptedException occured

trySleep

public static boolean trySleep(long milliseconds)

Same as sleep(milliseconds), but an interruption merely cuts short the sleep.