no.priv.garshol.duke.server
Class CommonJTimer

java.lang.Object
  no.priv.garshol.duke.server.CommonJTimer

All Implemented Interfaces:

commonj.timers.TimerListener, DukeTimer

public class CommonJTimer
extends Object
implements DukeTimer, commonj.timers.TimerListener

Timer implementation which uses the JSR-236 API, in order to provide managed threads within servlet containers that support them.

Constructor Summary

CommonJTimer()

Method Summary

void	init(Properties props) Initializes the timer, giving it access to configuration settings.
boolean	isRunning() Returns true iff the background thread is running.
void	spawnThread(DukeController controller, int check_interval) Starts a background thread which calls the controller every check_interval milliseconds.
void	stop() Stops the background thread.
void	timerExpired(commonj.timers.Timer timer) This is the callback from the timer service, letting us know it's time do something.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CommonJTimer

public CommonJTimer()

Method Detail

init

public void init(Properties props)

Description copied from interface: DukeTimer

Initializes the timer, giving it access to configuration settings.

Specified by:

init in interface DukeTimer

spawnThread

public void spawnThread(DukeController controller,
                        int check_interval)

Starts a background thread which calls the controller every check_interval milliseconds. Returns immediately, leaving the background thread running.

Specified by:

spawnThread in interface DukeTimer

isRunning

public boolean isRunning()

Returns true iff the background thread is running.

Specified by:

isRunning in interface DukeTimer

stop

public void stop()

Stops the background thread. It can be restarted with a new call to spawnThread.

Specified by:

stop in interface DukeTimer

timerExpired

public void timerExpired(commonj.timers.Timer timer)

This is the callback from the timer service, letting us know it's time do something.

Specified by:

timerExpired in interface commonj.timers.TimerListener