Class SpyThread

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

class SpyThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Spies on an object once per second and displays the results in a SpyWindow.

Field Summary

(package private) boolean	okay When this becomes false (via cancel, we're done.
(package private) java.lang.Object	spyInfo An arbitrary object containing information about what we're spying on.
(package private) SpyWindow	spyWindow The window in which our information is being displayed

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

inheritableThreadLocals, MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY, threadLocals

Constructor Summary

(package private)

SpyThread(java.lang.Object argSpyInfo) Note what it is that we're spying on.

Method Summary

void	cancel() Called from a cancel button and causes us to stop spying and go home.
void	run() The thread's main method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

, activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, 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

Field Detail

okay

boolean okay

When this becomes false (via cancel, we're done.

spyInfo

java.lang.Object spyInfo

An arbitrary object containing information about what we're spying on. If it's of class Spyable, we will call its runSpy method; otherwise, we'll just call toString.

spyWindow

SpyWindow spyWindow

The window in which our information is being displayed

Constructor Detail

SpyThread

SpyThread(java.lang.Object argSpyInfo)

Note what it is that we're spying on.

Parameters:

argSpyInfo - the target of our interest

Method Detail

cancel

public void cancel()

Called from a cancel button and causes us to stop spying and go home.

run

public void run()

The thread's main method. Loops forever (or at least until somebody tells us to stop) and every second tells the world what's going on with an object.

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread