gcc/libjava/java/awt/event/InvocationEvent.java

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package java.awt.event;

import java.awt.ActiveEvent;
import java.awt.AWTEvent;
import java.awt.EventQueue;

/**
 * This event executes {@link Runnable#run()} of a target object when it is
 * dispatched. This class is used by calls to <code>invokeLater</code> and
 * <code>invokeAndWait</code>, so client code can use this fact to avoid
 * writing special-casing AWTEventListener objects.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
 * @see ActiveEvent
 * @see EventQueue#invokeLater(Runnable)
 * @see EventQueue#invokeAndWait(Runnable)
 * @see AWTEventListener
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class InvocationEvent extends AWTEvent implements ActiveEvent
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.2+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 436056344909459450L;

  /** This is the first id in the range of event ids used by this class. */
  public static final int INVOCATION_FIRST = 1200;

  /** This is the default id for this event type. */
  public static final int INVOCATION_DEFAULT = 1200;

  /** This is the last id in the range of event ids used by this class. */
  public static final int INVOCATION_LAST = 1200;

  /**
   * This is the <code>Runnable</code> object to call when dispatched.
   *
   * @serial the runnable to execute
   */
  protected Runnable runnable;

  /**
   * This is the object to call <code>notifyAll()</code> on when
   * the call to <code>run()</code> returns, or <code>null</code> if no
   * object is to be notified.
   *
   * @serial the object to notify
   */
  protected Object notifier;

  /**
   * This variable is set to <code>true</code> if exceptions are caught
   * and stored in a variable during the call to <code>run()</code>, otherwise
   * exceptions are ignored and propagate up.
   *
   * @serial true to catch exceptions
   */
  protected boolean catchExceptions;

  /**
   * This is the caught exception thrown in the <code>run()</code> method. It
   * is null if exceptions are ignored, the run method hasn't completed, or
   * there were no exceptions.
   *
   * @serial the caught exception, if any
   */
  private Exception exception;

  /**
   * The timestamp when this event was created.
   *
   * @see #getWhen()
   * @serial the timestamp
   * @since 1.4
   */
  private final long when = EventQueue.getMostRecentEventTime();

  /**
   * Initializes a new instance of <code>InvocationEvent</code> with the
   * specified source and runnable.
   *
   * @param source the source of the event
   * @param runnable the <code>Runnable</code> object to invoke
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if source is null
   */
  public InvocationEvent(Object source, Runnable runnable)
  {
    this(source, INVOCATION_DEFAULT, runnable, null, false);
  }

  /**
   * Initializes a new instance of <code>InvocationEvent</code> with the
   * specified source, runnable, and notifier.  It will also catch exceptions
   * if specified. If notifier is non-null, this will call notifyAll() on
   * the object when the runnable is complete. If catchExceptions is true,
   * this traps any exception in the runnable, otherwise it lets the exception
   * propagate up the Event Dispatch thread.
   *
   * @param source the source of the event
   * @param runnable the <code>Runnable</code> object to invoke
   * @param notifier the object to notify, or null
   * @param catchExceptions true to catch exceptions from the runnable
   */
  public InvocationEvent(Object source, Runnable runnable, Object notifier,
                         boolean catchExceptions)
  {
    this(source, INVOCATION_DEFAULT, runnable, notifier, catchExceptions);
  }

  /**
   * Initializes a new instance of <code>InvocationEvent</code> with the
   * specified source, runnable, and notifier.  It will also catch exceptions
   * if specified. If notifier is non-null, this will call notifyAll() on
   * the object when the runnable is complete. If catchExceptions is true,
   * this traps any exception in the runnable, otherwise it lets the exception
   * propagate up the Event Dispatch thread. Note that an invalid id leads to
   * unspecified results.
   *
   * @param source the source of the event
   * @param id the event id
   * @param runnable the <code>Runnable</code> object to invoke
   * @param notifier the object to notify, or null
   * @param catchExceptions true to catch exceptions from the runnable
   */
  protected InvocationEvent(Object source, int id, Runnable runnable,
                            Object notifier, boolean catchExceptions)
  {
    super(source, id);
    this.runnable = runnable;
    this.notifier = notifier;
    this.catchExceptions = catchExceptions;
  }

  /**
   * This method calls the <code>run()</code> method of the runnable, traps
   * exceptions if instructed to do so, and calls <code>notifyAll()</code>
   * on any notifier if all worked successfully.
   */
  public void dispatch()
  {
    if (catchExceptions)
      try
        {
          runnable.run();
        }
      catch (Exception e)
        {
          exception = e;
        }
    else
      runnable.run();
    if (notifier != null)
      notifier.notifyAll();
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the exception that occurred during the execution of
   * the runnable, or <code>null</code> if not exception was thrown or
   * exceptions were not caught.
   *
   * @return the exception thrown by the runnable
   */
  public Exception getException()
  {
    return exception;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the timestamp of when this event was created.
   *
   * @return the timestamp of this event
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public long getWhen()
  {
    return when;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a string identifying this event. This is formatted as:
   * <code>"INVOCATION_DEFAULT,runnable=" + runnable + ",notifier=" + notifier
   * + ",catchExceptions=" + catchExceptions + ",when=" + getWhen()</code>.
   *
   * @return a string identifying this event
   */
  public String paramString()
  {
    return (id == INVOCATION_DEFAULT ? "INVOCATION_DEFAULT,runnable="
            : "unknown type,runnable=") + runnable + ",notifier=" + notifier
      + ",catchExceptions=" + catchExceptions + ",when=" + when;
  }
} // class InvocationEvent