mx4j.timer

Class TimeQueue


public class TimeQueue
extends java.lang.Object

A queue that executes TimeTasks when it is started.
Every scheduled task is executed at the specified time; if this time is in the past, the task is executed immediately. Just before the task is executed, the task itself is updated so that its new execution time is set or it is marked as finished (if it is not forever periodic).
Version:
$Revision: 1.5 $
See Also:
TimeTask

Constructor Summary

TimeQueue()
Creates a new TimeQueue
TimeQueue(boolean daemon)
Creates a new TimeQueue that will set the thread daemon or not depending on the given argument

Method Summary

void
clear()
Removes all the tasks from this TimeQueue.
void
schedule(TimeTask task)
Schedules the given task for execution.
int
size()
Returns the number of tasks present in this TimeQueue
void
start()
Starts this TimeQueue.
void
stop()
Stops this TimeQueue.
void
unschedule(TimeTask task)
Removes the given task from this TimeQueue

Constructor Details

TimeQueue

public TimeQueue()
Creates a new TimeQueue

TimeQueue

public TimeQueue(boolean daemon)
Creates a new TimeQueue that will set the thread daemon or not depending on the given argument

Method Details

clear

public void clear()
Removes all the tasks from this TimeQueue.

schedule

public void schedule(TimeTask task)
Schedules the given task for execution.

size

public int size()
Returns the number of tasks present in this TimeQueue

start

public void start()
Starts this TimeQueue.
Tasks are executed only after the queue has been started.

stop

public void stop()
Stops this TimeQueue.
No task is executed when the queue is stopped; however, already scheduled tasks are not removed; restarting the queue has the effect of executing the tasks remained if their time has come.

unschedule

public void unschedule(TimeTask task)
Removes the given task from this TimeQueue

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