pandora
Class Publish

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Thread
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        +--pandora.Publish

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Publish

extends java.lang.Thread

Thread that publishes updates on the central server.

Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Alexis Grandemange

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the
 License.
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License lesser.txt should be
 included in the distribution.

Version:

0, 0, 2

Author:

Alexis Grandemange

Field Summary

private PageBoxAPI	API Installation API instance
private PageBoxLib.LogIF	log Logging object
private long	period Time between two publications
private boolean	toStop If true ends the thread
private UpdateIF	ui Web service interface

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Publish(java.lang.String workDir, PageBoxAPI API, LogIF log, long period)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	end() Requires the thread termination
void	run() Main method of the Publish thread
private boolean	update() Checks if commands to publish and publish.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

period

private long period

Time between two publications

API

private PageBoxAPI API

Installation API instance

log

private PageBoxLib.LogIF log

Logging object

ui

private UpdateIF ui

Web service interface

toStop

private boolean toStop

If true ends the thread

Constructor Detail

Publish

public Publish(java.lang.String workDir,
               PageBoxAPI API,
               LogIF log,
               long period)

Constructor. Starts the thread. Set up the Web service stub. Retrieves the url of the central Web service from central.txt.

Parameters:

workDir - Pandora directory (where to find central.txt)

log - logging object

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Main method of the Publish thread

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

end

public void end()

Requires the thread termination

update

private boolean update()

Checks if commands to publish and publish.