com.calitha.util
Class CleanupThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.calitha.util.CleanupThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class CleanupThread
extends Thread

A CleaupThread object represents a thread that helps to for clean up resources in your application on a regular basis. The thread does not do the actual cleanup jobs, but holds a list of cleanable objects and calls the cleanup jobs.

Author:

Robert van Loenhout

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

CleanupThread(long interval)
Creates a new cleanup thread.

Method Summary

void	add(ICleanable object) Adds a cleanable object that is periodically called to clean itself.
protected void	cleanupAll() Let the cleanable objects do their jobs.
void	run() Executed when the thread is started.

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

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

Constructor Detail

CleanupThread

public CleanupThread(long interval)

Creates a new cleanup thread.

Parameters:

interval - the interval in seconds between cleanup jobs

Method Detail

add

public void add(ICleanable object)

Adds a cleanable object that is periodically called to clean itself.

Parameters:

object - cleanable object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an argument is null

cleanupAll

protected void cleanupAll()

Let the cleanable objects do their jobs.

run

public void run()

Executed when the thread is started.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread