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Interface ThreadController

All Superinterfaces:

StatusInfoPresenter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BatchThreadControllerFrame, CardBacksidePrint, FormPrinting, FormPrintingForIDs, IdCardPrintStdCardPrinter, RemServerProcessControllerFrame

public interface ThreadController
extends StatusInfoPresenter

Interface to a user interface to control a thread, e.g. to cancel it.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isToCancel() Returns true if the thread is to cancel.
void	setCancelButtonEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables or disables the cancel button.
void	setStatusInformation(java.lang.String statusInformation) Sets the status information to be transfered to the user.
void	taskIsDone() Informs the controller that the task is done.

Method Detail

setCancelButtonEnabled

void setCancelButtonEnabled(boolean enabled)

Enables or disables the cancel button. E.g. when the controlled thread waits for an external process, it doesn't make sense to keep the button enabled, because the button won't stop the external process. By default, the cancel button is enabled.

Parameters:

enabled - whether the cancel button should be enabled o not.

isToCancel

boolean isToCancel()

Returns true if the thread is to cancel. Is answered true if user clicked the cancel button meanwhile.

Returns:

true if the thread is to be continued

setStatusInformation

void setStatusInformation(java.lang.String statusInformation)

Sets the status information to be transfered to the user.

Specified by:

setStatusInformation in interface StatusInfoPresenter

Parameters:

message - the status information for the user

taskIsDone

void taskIsDone()

Informs the controller that the task is done.