abbot.util

Class NamedTimer

java.lang.Object

java.util.Timer

abbot.util.NamedTimer

public class NamedTimer
extends java.util.Timer

Prevents misbehaving TimerTasks from canceling the timer thread by throwing exceptions and/or errors. Also extends the basic Timer to use a name for its thread. Naming the timer thread facilitates discerning different threads in a full stack dump.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NamedTimer(java.lang.String name) Creates a non-daemon named timer.
NamedTimer(java.lang.String name, boolean isDaemon) Creates a named timer, optionally running as a daemon thread.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	handleException(java.lang.Throwable thrown) Handle an exception thrown by a TimerTask.
void	schedule(java.util.TimerTask task, java.util.Date time)
void	schedule(java.util.TimerTask task, java.util.Date firstTime, long period)
void	schedule(java.util.TimerTask task, long delay)
void	schedule(java.util.TimerTask task, long delay, long period)
void	scheduleAtFixedRate(java.util.TimerTask task, java.util.Date firstTime, long period)
void	scheduleAtFixedRate(java.util.TimerTask task, long delay, long period)

Methods inherited from class java.util.Timer

cancel, purge

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NamedTimer

public NamedTimer(java.lang.String name)

Creates a non-daemon named timer.

NamedTimer

public NamedTimer(java.lang.String name,
          boolean isDaemon)

Creates a named timer, optionally running as a daemon thread.

Method Detail

handleException

protected void handleException(java.lang.Throwable thrown)

Handle an exception thrown by a TimerTask. The default does nothing.

schedule

public void schedule(java.util.TimerTask task,
            java.util.Date time)

Overrides:

schedule in class java.util.Timer

schedule

public void schedule(java.util.TimerTask task,
            java.util.Date firstTime,
            long period)

Overrides:

schedule in class java.util.Timer

schedule

public void schedule(java.util.TimerTask task,
            long delay)

Overrides:

schedule in class java.util.Timer

schedule

public void schedule(java.util.TimerTask task,
            long delay,
            long period)

Overrides:

schedule in class java.util.Timer

scheduleAtFixedRate

public void scheduleAtFixedRate(java.util.TimerTask task,
                       java.util.Date firstTime,
                       long period)

Overrides:

scheduleAtFixedRate in class java.util.Timer

scheduleAtFixedRate

public void scheduleAtFixedRate(java.util.TimerTask task,
                       long delay,
                       long period)

Overrides:

scheduleAtFixedRate in class java.util.Timer