org.danilopianini.concurrency

Class AbstractService

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

org.danilopianini.concurrency.AbstractService

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFileSystemWatcher

public abstract class AbstractService
extends Thread

Interface for a background service.

Nested Class Summary

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

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private boolean	isAlive

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isServiceAlive()
void	setAlive(boolean alive)
abstract void	stopService() If called, the service must stop.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, 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, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

isAlive

private boolean isAlive

Constructor Detail

AbstractService

public AbstractService()

Method Detail

stopService

public abstract void stopService()

If called, the service must stop.

isServiceAlive

public final boolean isServiceAlive()

Returns:

true if the service is alive

setAlive

public final void setAlive(boolean alive)

Parameters:

alive - if false, the service will stop.