JAL-2899 colouring moved from SwingWorker to a background thread

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / ext / jmol / JalviewJmolBinding.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
index 41bc116..2a85a9f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
     lastCommand = command;
   }
 
+  Thread colourby = null;
   /**
    * Sends a set of colour commands to the structure viewer
    * 
@@ -485,15 +486,28 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
    */
   @Override
   protected void colourBySequence(
-          StructureMappingcommandSet[] colourBySequenceCommands)
+          final StructureMappingcommandSet[] colourBySequenceCommands)
   {
-    for (StructureMappingcommandSet cpdbbyseq : colourBySequenceCommands)
+    if (colourby != null)
     {
-      for (String cbyseq : cpdbbyseq.commands)
+      colourby.interrupt();
+      colourby = null;
+    }
+    colourby = new Thread(new Runnable()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void run()
       {
-        executeWhenReady(cbyseq);
+        for (StructureMappingcommandSet cpdbbyseq : colourBySequenceCommands)
+        {
+          for (String cbyseq : cpdbbyseq.commands)
+          {
+            executeWhenReady(cbyseq);
+          }
+        }
       }
-    }
+    });
+    colourby.start();
   }
 
   /**