test
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      test.Timer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Thread

The Timer class allows a graceful exit when an application is stalled due to a networking timeout. Once the timer is set, it must be cleared via the reset() method, or the timeout() method is called. The timeout length is customizable, by changing the 'length' property, or through the constructor. The length represents the length of the timer in milliseconds.

Nested Class Summary

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

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Timer(int length)
Creates a timer of a specified length

Method Summary

void	reset() Resets the timer back to zero
void	run() Performs timer specific code
void	timeout()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, 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, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer(int length)

Creates a timer of a specified length

Parameters:

length - Length of time before timeout occurs

Method Detail

reset

public void reset()

Resets the timer back to zero

run

public void run()

Performs timer specific code

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

timeout

public void timeout()