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Class TimeManager

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.AdjustmentListener, java.util.EventListener, java.lang.Runnable

public class TimeManager

extends java.lang.Thread

implements java.awt.event.AdjustmentListener

Class providing functions to manage this timing thread.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

TimeManager(int d)
Creates a new TimeManager instance.

Method Summary

void	addTimed(Timed el) Method to add an object to the timer
void	adjustmentValueChanged(java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent e) A method to change the timers delay.
void	changeDelay(int d) A method to change the timers delay.
boolean	isPaused()
void	removeTimed(Timed el) Describe removeTimed method here.
void	run() The run() method for the timer thread.
void	setPaused(boolean p) Stops the timer from generating events.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TimeManager

public TimeManager(int d)

Creates a new TimeManager instance.

Parameters:

d - a int that specifies the delay in millisecond between each clock tick of this timer.

Method Detail

addTimed

public void addTimed(Timed el)

Method to add an object to the timer

Parameters:

el - a object implementing the Timed interface.

removeTimed

public void removeTimed(Timed el)

Describe removeTimed method here.

Parameters:

el - a Timed value

isPaused

public boolean isPaused()

adjustmentValueChanged

public void adjustmentValueChanged(java.awt.event.AdjustmentEvent e)

A method to change the timers delay. Used by a slider bar for example.

Specified by:

adjustmentValueChanged in interface java.awt.event.AdjustmentListener

Parameters:

e - an AdjustmentEvent

setPaused

public void setPaused(boolean p)

Stops the timer from generating events.

Parameters:

p - a boolean value

changeDelay

public void changeDelay(int d)

A method to change the timers delay.

Parameters:

d - a int that specifies the delay in millisecond between each clock tick of this timer.

run

public void run()

The run() method for the timer thread. Every d milliseconds, the timer calls pretick() and then tick() on all the objects it has been given.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread