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Class EventLoop

public class netscape.application.EventLoop
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements java.lang.Runnable
{
    /* Constructors
     */
    public EventLoop();

    /* Methods
     */
    public void addEvent(Event);
    public void addEventAndWait(Event);
    public Object filterEvents(EventFilter);
    public Event getNextEvent();
    public synchronized boolean isRunning();
    public Event peekNextEvent();
    public void processEvent(Event);
    public void removeEvent(Event);
    public void run();
    public synchronized void stopRunning();
    public synchronized String toString();
}

See Also:

eventLoop

Constructors

EventLoop

  public EventLoop()

Constructs an EventLoop.

Methods

  public void addEvent(Event anEvent)

Places anEvent on the EventLoop's event queue.

  public void removeEvent(Event anEvent)

Removes all occurences of anEvent from the event queue.

  public Object filterEvents(EventFilter filter)

Allows an object to search or modify the EventLoop's Vector of outstanding events. Upon calling filterEvents(), filter receives a filterEvents() message, with the events Vector as an argument. The EventLoop locks the Vector before calling the filter's filterEvents() method, so no other threads can modify its contents. This method returns the results of the filter's filterEvents() method.

See Also:

filterEvents

  public Event getNextEvent()

Removes and returns the next Event from the EventLoop's event queue.

  public Event peekNextEvent()

Returns the next Event from the EventLoop's event queue, but does not remove it.

  public void processEvent(Event nextEvent)

This method is called to process each Event as the EventLoop removes it from its queue.

  public void run()

Runnable interface method implemented to process Events as they appear in the queue.

  public synchronized void stopRunning()

Stops the EventLoop once control returns from processing the current Event. This method might be called from the AWT thread.

  public synchronized boolean isRunning()

Returns true if the EventLoop is currently running.

  public void addEventAndWait(Event event)

Adds event to the EventLoop's event queue and waits for the main application thread to process it. This method should only be called from within threads other than the main thread.

  public synchronized String toString()

Returns the EventLoop's String representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

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