/*
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*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2003 by Rodney Kinney
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License (LGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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*/
package VASSAL.tools;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
/**
* Utility task for starting a thread that performs one task,
* {@link #doFirst}, then queues another another
* task, {@link #doLater}, for the Event Handler thread to execute
* This is basically a simple version of Sun's SwingWorker class.
*
* @deprecated Use {@link SwingWorker} now that we ship the JAR for it.
*/
@Deprecated
public abstract class BackgroundTask {
public abstract void doFirst();
public abstract void doLater();
public Thread start() {
final Runnable later = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
doLater();
}
};
Runnable first = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
doFirst();
}
catch (Throwable t) {
t.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(later);
}
}
};
Thread t = new Thread(first);
t.start();
return t;
}
}