fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread Class Reference

A managed thread. More...

Public Member Functions
	ManagedThread (final IAction1< ManagedThread > loop)
	Initializes a new instance of the ManagedThread class. More...
void	start ()
	Starts the thread. More...
void	loopBegin ()
	Should be invoked when the loop begins before other code. More...
void	loopEnd ()
	Should be invoked when the loop ends after other code. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static long	getCurrentThreadId ()
	Gets the id for the current thread. More...
static void	sleep (int millisecondsTimeout)
	Sleeps the current thread for a specified period of time. More...
static void	dispatch (final IAction0 action)
	Dispatches an action to a background thread. More...
static Future< Object >	delay (long millis) throws Exception
	Returns a promise that gets resolved after a specified amount of time. More...

Detailed Description

A managed thread.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ManagedThread()

fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.ManagedThread

(

final IAction1< ManagedThread >

loop

)

Initializes a new instance of the ManagedThread class.

Parameters

loop	The loop to run on the thread.

Member Function Documentation

delay()

static Future<Object> fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.delay ( long  millis ) throws Exception

static

Returns a promise that gets resolved after a specified amount of time.

Parameters

millis

The length of time to delay in milliseconds. cannot be greater than 2147483646 ms.

Returns

Promise that gets resolved when the delay is complete.

dispatch()

static void fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.dispatch ( final IAction0  action )

static

Dispatches an action to a background thread.

Parameters

action

The action.

getCurrentThreadId()

static long fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.getCurrentThreadId ( )

static

Gets the id for the current thread.

loopBegin()

void fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.loopBegin

(

)

Should be invoked when the loop begins before other code.

loopEnd()

void fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.loopEnd

(

)

Should be invoked when the loop ends after other code.

sleep()

static void fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.sleep ( int  millisecondsTimeout )

static

Sleeps the current thread for a specified period of time.

Parameters

millisecondsTimeout

The length of time to sleep in milliseconds.

start()

void fm.liveswitch.ManagedThread.start

(

)

Starts the thread.