Class SwingWorker

java.lang.Object
EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryUser
EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.misc.SwingWorker
All Implemented Interfaces:
Runnable

public abstract class SwingWorker extends ThreadFactoryUser implements Runnable
An abstract class that you subclass to perform GUI-related work in a dedicated thread.

This class was adapted from the SwingWorker written by Hans Muller and presented in "Using a Swing Worker Thread" in the Swing Connection - http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/threads/threads2.html

A closely related version of this class is described in "The Last Word in Swing Threads" in the Swing Connection - http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/threads/threads3.html

This SwingWorker is a ThreadFactoryUser and implements Runnable. The default thread factory creates low-priority worker threads. A special constructor is provided for enabling a timeout. When the timeout expires, the worker thread is interrupted.

Note: Using a timeout of Long.MAX_VALUE will not impose a timeout but will create an additional thread of control that will respond to an interrupt even if the construct implementation ignores them.

Sample Usage

 import EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.misc.SwingWorker;

 public class SwingWorkerDemo extends javax.swing.JApplet {

   private static final int TIMEOUT = 5000; // 5 seconds
   private javax.swing.JLabel status;
   private javax.swing.JButton start;
   private SwingWorker worker;

   public SwingWorkerDemo() {
     status = new javax.swing.JLabel("Ready");
     status.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
     getContentPane().add(status, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
     start = new javax.swing.JButton("Start");
     getContentPane().add(start, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);

     start.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
       public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
         if (start.getText().equals("Start")) {
           start.setText("Stop");
           status.setText("Working...");
           worker = new DemoSwingWorker(TIMEOUT);
           worker.start();
         } else {
           worker.interrupt();
         }
       }
     });
   }

   private class DemoSwingWorker extends SwingWorker {
     private static final java.util.Random RAND = new java.util.Random();
     public DemoSwingWorker(long msecs) {
       super(msecs);
     }
     protected Object construct() throws InterruptedException {
       // Take a random nap. If we oversleep, the worker times out.
       Thread.sleep(RAND.nextInt(2*TIMEOUT));
       return "Success";
     }
     protected void finished() {
       start.setText("Start");
       try {
         Object result = get();
         status.setText((String) result);
       }
       catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException e) {
         Throwable ex = e.getTargetException();
         if (ex instanceof TimeoutException) {
           status.setText("Timed out.");
         } else if (ex instanceof InterruptedException) {
           status.setText("Interrupted.");
         } else {
           status.setText("Exception: " + ex);
         }
       }
       catch (InterruptedException ex) {
         // event-dispatch thread won't be interrupted 
         throw new IllegalStateException(ex+"");
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
Version:
3.0

[ Introduction to this package. ]

Author:
Joseph Bowbeer, Hans Muller
  • Constructor Details

    • SwingWorker

      public SwingWorker()
      Creates new SwingWorker with no timeout.
    • SwingWorker

      public SwingWorker(long msecs)
      Creates new SwingWorker with specified timeout.
      Parameters:
      msecs - timeout in milliseconds, or 0 for no time limit.
    • SwingWorker

      protected SwingWorker(ThreadFactory factory, long msecs)
      Creates new SwingWorker with specified thread factory and timeout.
      Parameters:
      factory - factory for worker threads.
      msecs - timeout in milliseconds, or 0 for no time limit.
  • Method Details

    • construct

      protected abstract Object construct() throws Exception
      Computes the value to be returned by the get method.
      Throws:
      Exception
    • finished

      protected void finished()
      Called on the event dispatching thread (not on the worker thread) after the construct method has returned.
    • getTimeout

      public long getTimeout()
      Returns timeout period in milliseconds. Timeout is the maximum time to wait for worker to complete. There is no time limit if timeout is 0 (default).
    • run

      public void run()
      Calls the construct method to compute the result, and then invokes the finished method on the event dispatch thread.
      Specified by:
      run in interface Runnable
    • start

      public void start()
      Starts the worker thread.
    • interrupt

      public void interrupt()
      Stops the worker and sets the exception to InterruptedException.
    • get

      Return the value created by the construct method, waiting if necessary until it is ready.
      Returns:
      the value created by the construct method
      Throws:
      InterruptedException - if current thread was interrupted
      InvocationTargetException - if the constructing thread encountered an exception or was interrupted.
    • timedGet

      Wait at most msecs to access the constructed result.
      Returns:
      current value
      Throws:
      TimeoutException - if not ready after msecs
      InterruptedException - if current thread has been interrupted
      InvocationTargetException - if the constructing thread encountered an exception or was interrupted.
    • getException

      public InvocationTargetException getException()
      Get the exception, or null if there isn't one (yet). This does not wait until the worker is ready, so should ordinarily only be called if you know it is.
      Returns:
      the exception encountered by the construct method wrapped in an InvocationTargetException
    • isReady

      public boolean isReady()
      Return whether the get method is ready to return a value.
      Returns:
      true if a value or exception has been set. else false