Class Worker

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Runnable

    public abstract class Worker
    extends Object
    implements Runnable
    This is an abstract class that you subclass to perform GUI-related work in a dedicated event dispatcher.

    This class is similar to SwingWorker but less complex. Like a SwingWorker it can run using an an internal worker thread but it can also be like a Runnable object.

    • Constructor Detail

      • Worker

        public Worker()
    • Method Detail

      • run

        public final void run()
        Calls #construct on the current thread and invokes #finished on the AWT event dispatcher thread.
        Specified by:
        run in interface Runnable
      • construct

        public abstract Object construct()
        Compute the value to be returned by the get method.
      • finished

        public abstract void finished​(Object value)
        Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.
        Parameters:
        value - The return value of the construct method.
      • getValue

        protected Object getValue()
        Get the value produced by the worker thread, or null if it hasn't been constructed yet.
      • start

        public void start()
        Starts the Worker on an internal worker thread.