src/appletbots/TimeUpdaterThread.java

   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 2002 Erik Rasmussen - All Rights Reserverd
   3  */
   4 package appletbots;
   5
   6 /**
   7  * This thread is used by the appletbots applet to update its components after
   8  * each time cycle
   9  *
  10  * @author Erik Rasmussen
  11  */
  12 public class TimeUpdaterThread extends Thread
  13 {
  14         /**
  15          * The applet this thread is running for
  16          */
  17         private Applet applet;
  18
  19         /**
  20          * Constructs a new TimeUpdaterThread for the given applet
  21          *
  22          * @param applet The applet the thread is to run for
  23          */
  24         public TimeUpdaterThread(final Applet applet)
  25         {
  26                 this.applet = applet;
  27         }
  28
  29         /**
  30          * Simply calls applet.updateTimeField() and sleeps for applet.getDelay()
  31          * milliseconds
  32          */
  33         public void run()
  34         {
  35                 while (true)
  36                 {
  37                         applet.updateTimeField();
  38                         try
  39                         {
  40                                 Thread.sleep(applet.getDelay());
  41                         }
  42                         catch (InterruptedException e)
  43                         {
  44                                 break;
  45                         }
  46                 }
  47         }
  48 }