net.codescore.controllers
Class UIController

java.lang.Object
  net.codescore.controllers.UIController

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable, Controller

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompController, HomeController, SchoolController, ScoreBoardController

public abstract class UIController
extends Object
implements Controller

A controller class for handling UI events and server push updates.

Author:

Adam Cornett

Field Summary

private boolean	_stopRunning
private Desktop	desk
protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log	log
static int	SLEEP_TIME
private AtomicBoolean	updatesPending

Constructor Summary

private	UIController()
	UIController(Desktop objDesktop)

Method Summary

abstract void	processUpdates() Called by the UI controller thread when there are updates pending
void	run()
void	setPendingUpdates() Sets the updates pending flag to true, so that when the UI Controller thread checks, it will call the Controller.processUpdates() method.
void	stopRunning() Sets the stop running flag, which is checked before the UI Controller thread checks for updates.
String	toString()
void	updateDesktop(Desktop objDesktop) Set the desktop that is locked and updated during the UI update.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SLEEP_TIME

public static final int SLEEP_TIME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

_stopRunning

private boolean _stopRunning

desk

private Desktop desk

updatesPending

private AtomicBoolean updatesPending

log

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Constructor Detail

UIController

public UIController(Desktop objDesktop)

UIController

private UIController()

Method Detail

processUpdates

public abstract void processUpdates()

Description copied from interface: Controller

Called by the UI controller thread when there are updates pending

Specified by:

processUpdates in interface Controller

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

setPendingUpdates

public void setPendingUpdates()

Description copied from interface: Controller

Sets the updates pending flag to true, so that when the UI Controller thread checks, it will call the Controller.processUpdates() method.

Specified by:

setPendingUpdates in interface Controller

stopRunning

public void stopRunning()

Description copied from interface: Controller

Sets the stop running flag, which is checked before the UI Controller thread checks for updates. This method will not guarantee that the UI Controller thread will stop immediately, but only that the next time it wakes up it will exit the main execution loop.

Specified by:

stopRunning in interface Controller

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

updateDesktop

public void updateDesktop(Desktop objDesktop)

Description copied from interface: Controller

Set the desktop that is locked and updated during the UI update.

Specified by:

updateDesktop in interface Controller