Re: Accessing a thread

From:
Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:10:33 -0400
Message-ID:
<jv614i$uib$1@dont-email.me>
On 7/30/2012 5:54 AM, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

File1

public class controller extends Activity {

     /** Called when the activity is first created. */
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.main);

         final LanSendThread lanSendThread = new LanSendThread();
         lanSendThread.start();
...}

__________

File2

public class LanSendThread extends Thread{
     public static Handler lanSendHandler;

     @Override
     public void run(){
            Looper.prepare();

            lanSendHandler = new Handler() {
//stuff}

___________

How do I access the thread lanSendThread from another class in another
file?


     The same way you'd access it if it were an ArrayList or
a JButton or a File: You save the reference somewhere and dish
it out to interested parties. There must be two or three jillion
ways to do this; a few of them are

     - Make `lanSendThread' a public member of the controller
       class (poor choice of name, by the way). You may or may
       not want to make that member `final'.

     - Make `lanSendThread' a private member of the controller
       class, and write a public getThread() method to return it.

     - Stash the value of `lanSendThread' in a Map or other data
       structure, and "publicize" the data structure and/or
       accessors for it.

--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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