org.jlog2.util

Class Monitor

java.lang.Object

org.jlog2.util.Monitor

public class Monitor
extends java.lang.Object

To synchronize threads on.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static java.lang.Object	syncOn An object to synchronize on
protected static Monitor	theMonitor The variable to synchronize on

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Monitor	getMonitor() Return the monitor instance.
java.lang.Object	getSyncOn() Get an object to synchronize on.
void	lock() Lock current thread on this monitor.
void	release() Release locked threads.
static void	restartThread(java.lang.Thread theThread, boolean startNew) Re-start the thread running depending on its current state.
static void	stopThread(java.lang.Thread theThread) Re-start the thread running depending on its current state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

syncOn

protected static final java.lang.Object syncOn

An object to synchronize on

theMonitor

protected static final Monitor theMonitor

The variable to synchronize on

Method Detail

getMonitor

public static Monitor getMonitor()

Return the monitor instance.

Returns:

the value of theMonitor.

getSyncOn

public java.lang.Object getSyncOn()

Get an object to synchronize on.

Returns:

the value of syncOn.

lock

public void lock()

Lock current thread on this monitor.

release

public void release()

Release locked threads.

stopThread

public static void stopThread(java.lang.Thread theThread)

Re-start the thread running depending on its current state.

Parameters:

theThread - the thread to stop.

restartThread

public static void restartThread(java.lang.Thread theThread,
                                 boolean startNew)

Re-start the thread running depending on its current state.

Parameters:

theThread - the thread to start.

startNew - true if start a new thread for the first time.