de.schwarzrot.concurrent
Class ProgressPublisher

java.lang.Object
  de.schwarzrot.concurrent.ProgressPublisher

public class ProgressPublisher
extends Object

counterpart of ProgressMonitor. The ProgressMonitor is the visual part of the "wait"-message, where as the ProgressPublisher is the stub used by the background tasks to update the "wait"-message.

Author:

Reinhard Mantey

Constructor Summary

ProgressPublisher()

ProgressPublisher(RootWindowHandler pmg)

Method Summary

protected void	checkMonitor()
protected void	checkMonitor(int minValue, int maxValue)
protected void	closeMonitor()
void	configure(int minValue, int maxValue) initialize the range of the "wait"-message slider.
void	end() closes the "wait"-message and releases blocked gui parts
boolean	isActive() returns true if already a "wait"-message is active.
void	publishProgress(int progress, String item) change the slider of "wait"-message.
protected void	setLimits(int minValue, int maxValue)
protected void	setProgress(int progress, String item)
void	start() popup the "wait"-message, that blocks related gui-parts

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProgressPublisher

public ProgressPublisher()

ProgressPublisher

public ProgressPublisher(RootWindowHandler pmg)

Method Detail

configure

public void configure(int minValue,
                      int maxValue)

initialize the range of the "wait"-message slider.

Parameters:

minValue - where to start

maxValue - last step

end

public void end()

closes the "wait"-message and releases blocked gui parts

isActive

public final boolean isActive()

returns true if already a "wait"-message is active.

Returns:

true if a "wait"-message is active, false if a new one may be started

publishProgress

public void publishProgress(int progress,
                            String item)

change the slider of "wait"-message. Only usable it the limits have been set by a call of configure.

Parameters:

progress - number of completed steps

item - message to identify the current step

start

public void start()

popup the "wait"-message, that blocks related gui-parts

checkMonitor

protected void checkMonitor()

checkMonitor

protected void checkMonitor(int minValue,
                            int maxValue)

closeMonitor

protected void closeMonitor()

setLimits

protected void setLimits(int minValue,
                         int maxValue)

setProgress

protected void setProgress(int progress,
                           String item)