com.izforge.izpack.util

Class FreeThread

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

com.izforge.izpack.util.FreeThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class FreeThread
extends Thread

This class implements a thred that can be used to free native libraries safely.

Version:

0.0.1 / 2/6/02

Author:

Elmar Grom

Nested Class Summary

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

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FreeThread(String name, NativeLibraryClient client) Standard constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	run() The run() method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, 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, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FreeThread

public FreeThread(String name,
                  NativeLibraryClient client)

Standard constructor.

Parameters:

name - the name of the library to free. The exact form of the name may be operating system dependent. On Microsoft Windows this must be just the library name, without path but with extension.

client - reference of the client object that is linked with the library to be freed.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

The run() method. Frees the library. Note that the thread is likely to get 'frozen' and the application can only be treminated through a call to System.exit().

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread