Package com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2

Interface AsynchronousTextGUIThread

All Superinterfaces:

TextGUIThread

All Known Implementing Classes:

SeparateTextGUIThread

public interface AsynchronousTextGUIThread
extends TextGUIThread

Extended interface of TextGUIThread for implementations that uses a separate thread for all GUI event processing and updating.

Author:

Martin

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	AsynchronousTextGUIThread.State	Enum representing the states of the GUI thread life-cycle

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.TextGUIThread

TextGUIThread.ExceptionHandler

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AsynchronousTextGUIThread.State	getState()	Returns the current status of this GUI thread
void	start()	Starts the AsynchronousTextGUIThread, typically meaning that the event processing loop will start.
void	stop()	Requests that the AsynchronousTextGUIThread stops, typically meaning that the event processing loop will exit
void	waitForStop()	Blocks until the GUI loop has stopped

Methods inherited from interface com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.TextGUIThread

getThread, invokeAndWait, invokeLater, processEventsAndUpdate, setExceptionHandler

Method Detail

start

void start()

Starts the AsynchronousTextGUIThread, typically meaning that the event processing loop will start.

stop

void stop()

Requests that the AsynchronousTextGUIThread stops, typically meaning that the event processing loop will exit

waitForStop

void waitForStop()
          throws InterruptedException

Blocks until the GUI loop has stopped

Throws:

InterruptedException - In case this thread was interrupted while waiting for the GUI thread to exit

getState

AsynchronousTextGUIThread.State getState()

Returns the current status of this GUI thread

Returns:

Current status of the GUI thread