com.mischiefbox.dmud.util
Class ProcessorThread

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class ProcessorThread

extends Object

implements Runnable

Defines a message processor thread.

Version:

$Id: ProcessorThread.java,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/27 01:33:17 cjones Exp $

Author:

Chris Jones

Field Summary

protected boolean	bActive Indicates if this is currently in use (active).
protected boolean	bProcessing Indicates if this is processing (thread started).
protected long	lLastUsedMillis The last used time of this processor thread.
protected long	lShutdownMillis The time when this will be idle too long and be shut down automatically.
protected Message	msg The message to process.
protected PythonInterpreter	pyInterp The processor thread's python interpreter.
protected Queue	qInput The input queue with new messages to be processed.
protected Queue	qOutput The output queue that will receive messages processed by this thread.
protected int	SLEEP_MILLIS Idle thread sleep time (between waking up to check status).
protected ThreadGroup	tgManager The thread group that contains this processor thread.
protected Thread	tProcessor The processor thread.

Constructor Summary

ProcessorThread(ThreadGroup tgManager, Queue qInput, Queue qOutput)
Create a new processor thread.

Method Summary

long	getLastUsed() Gets the last used time.
boolean	isActive() Indicates if this is actively processing.
void	run() Process the message and put the results (if any) on the output queue.
void	shutdown() Shut down the processor thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SLEEP_MILLIS

protected int SLEEP_MILLIS

Idle thread sleep time (between waking up to check status).

tProcessor

protected Thread tProcessor

The processor thread.

msg

protected Message msg

The message to process.

lLastUsedMillis

protected long lLastUsedMillis

The last used time of this processor thread.

lShutdownMillis

protected long lShutdownMillis

The time when this will be idle too long and be shut down automatically.

bActive

protected boolean bActive

Indicates if this is currently in use (active).

bProcessing

protected boolean bProcessing

Indicates if this is processing (thread started).

pyInterp

protected PythonInterpreter pyInterp

The processor thread's python interpreter.

qInput

protected Queue qInput

The input queue with new messages to be processed.

qOutput

protected Queue qOutput

The output queue that will receive messages processed by this thread.

tgManager

protected ThreadGroup tgManager

The thread group that contains this processor thread.

Constructor Detail

ProcessorThread

public ProcessorThread(ThreadGroup tgManager,
                       Queue qInput,
                       Queue qOutput)

Create a new processor thread.

Parameters:

tgManager - the thread group that owns this thread.

qInput - the input queue on which new messages are found.

qOutput - the output queue which received processed messages.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Process the message and put the results (if any) on the output queue.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Shut down the processor thread.

isActive

public boolean isActive()

Indicates if this is actively processing.

Returns:

true if this is active, false otherwise.

getLastUsed

public long getLastUsed()

Gets the last used time.

Returns:

the last used time (in milliseconds).