X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FFileLoader.java;h=9dd740b3a470d2363b49acb823a5183d4c5cf8fc;hb=298d676e11b2664a99a56b6c1d2a216e40727e9e;hp=26641b10ea1c0ce51ded38d125a44dec3483bfba;hpb=3d0101179759ef157b088ea135423cd909512d9f;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
index 26641b1..9dd740b 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
@@ -176,32 +176,20 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
   }
 
   /**
-   * start thread and wait until finished, then return the alignFrame that's
-   * (hopefully) been read.
+   * runs the 'run' method (in this thread), then return the alignFrame that's
+   * (hopefully) been read
    * 
    * @return
    */
   protected AlignFrame _LoadFileWaitTillLoaded()
   {
-    Thread loader = new Thread(this);
-    loader.start();
-
-    while (loader.isAlive())
-    {
-      try
-      {
-        Thread.sleep(500);
-      } catch (Exception ex)
-      {
-      }
-    }
-
+    this.run();
     return alignFrame;
   }
 
   public void updateRecentlyOpened()
   {
-    Vector recent = new Vector();
+    Vector<String> recent = new Vector<>();
     if (protocol == DataSourceType.PASTE)
     {
       // do nothing if the file was pasted in as text... there is no filename to
@@ -217,7 +205,7 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
     String type = protocol == DataSourceType.FILE ? "RECENT_FILE"
             : "RECENT_URL";
 
-    String historyItems = jalview.bin.Cache.getProperty(type);
+    String historyItems = Cache.getProperty(type);
 
     StringTokenizer st;
 
@@ -227,7 +215,7 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
 
       while (st.hasMoreTokens())
       {
-        recent.addElement(st.nextElement().toString().trim());
+        recent.addElement(st.nextToken().trim());
       }
     }
 
@@ -606,18 +594,4 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
     return tempStructFile.toString();
   }
 
-  /*
-   * (non-Javadoc)
-   * 
-   * @see java.lang.Object#finalize()
-   */
-  @Override
-  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
-  {
-    source = null;
-    alignFrame = null;
-    viewport = null;
-    super.finalize();
-  }
-
 }