com.moximedia.aims
Class ImageReaderThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.moximedia.aims.ImageReaderThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class ImageReaderThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Class used for merging images using threading.

Author:

Doug Cates - www.moximedia.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ImageReaderThread(java.io.File file)
Creates a new instance of ImageReaderThread using a file containing the image.

ImageReaderThread(java.lang.String url)
Creates a new instance of ImageReaderThread using a string containing a URL.

Method Summary

java.awt.image.BufferedImage	getImage() Gets the image created by this thread.
void	run() Overrides run method of Thread.

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

ImageReaderThread

public ImageReaderThread(java.lang.String url)

Creates a new instance of ImageReaderThread using a string containing a URL.

Parameters:

url - A string contining the URL to an image.

ImageReaderThread

public ImageReaderThread(java.io.File file)

Creates a new instance of ImageReaderThread using a file containing the image.

Parameters:

file - The file containing the image.

Method Detail

getImage

public java.awt.image.BufferedImage getImage()

Gets the image created by this thread.

Returns:

The image, or null if the thread is alive, or if there was an error retrieving the image.

run

public void run()

Overrides run method of Thread.