org.datamanager.kernel
Class Simpleton

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.datamanager.kernel.Simpleton

Direct Known Subclasses:

BrowserLauncherSimpleton, EmailBundleSimpleton, EmailGuiCollectorSimpleton, EmailMetadataSearchSimpleton, EmailParametersRequestHandlerSimpleton, EmailRetrieverSimpleton, EntityViewerSimpleton, EventLoggerSimpleton, GuiSimpleton, InterfaceWorker, InterpreterSimpleton, KernelGUISimpleton, KernelShutdownSimpleton, NewsGroupDownloadSimpleton, SanitySimpleton, SearchCollectorSimpleton, SearchHandlerSimpleton, SearchResultsViewerSimpleton, ShutdownSimpleton, SMTPSendSimpleton, ThreadMonitorSimpleton, WebAndNewsSearchSimpleton, WebCollectorSimpleton, WebPageDownloadSimpleton, WebParsingSimpleton, WebSearchSimpleton

public abstract class Simpleton

extends Object

A generic process to implement arbitrary entity and event manipulation.

Author:

Matthew Farrellee

Nested Class Summary

static class	Simpleton.Information Encapsulates information that describes a Simpleton.
static class	Simpleton.Priority Encapsulates a Priority that can be used to control thread priority.

Constructor Summary

Simpleton()
Creates a new Simpleton with Information set to Simpleton.Information.NONE.

Method Summary

protected Object	clone() Clones this Simpleton.
Simpleton.Information	getInformation() Reports Simpleton.Information about this Simpleton.
Simpleton.Priority	getPriority() Gets the priority of this Simpleton.
abstract void	process() Performs the work of this Simpleton.
protected void	setInformation(Simpleton.Information information) Sets the Information object for this Simpleton.
void	setPriority(Simpleton.Priority priority) Sets the priority of this Simpleton.
void	start() Starts the Simpleton (with a possibly redundant setSimpleton invocation on this Simpleton's DatamanagerWorker thread).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Simpleton

public Simpleton()

Creates a new Simpleton with Information set to Simpleton.Information.NONE.

Method Detail

setPriority

public void setPriority(Simpleton.Priority priority)
                 throws DataManagerException

Sets the priority of this Simpleton.

DataManagerException

getPriority

public Simpleton.Priority getPriority()
                               throws DataManagerException

Gets the priority of this Simpleton.

DataManagerException

start

public void start()

Starts the Simpleton (with a possibly redundant setSimpleton invocation on this Simpleton's DatamanagerWorker thread).

setInformation

protected void setInformation(Simpleton.Information information)

Sets the Information object for this Simpleton.

getInformation

public Simpleton.Information getInformation()

Reports Simpleton.Information about this Simpleton.

process

public abstract void process()

Performs the work of this Simpleton. Simpleton implementation must override this class.

clone

protected Object clone()
                throws CloneNotSupportedException

Clones this Simpleton. Subclasses of Simpleton should override this method, calling super.clone() first. The subclass clone() method should make sure that any reference variables in the clone are handled appropriately. You may want to make copies of the referred-to object rather than point the clone at the same object as the original.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

CloneNotSupportedException

See Also:

Object.clone()