From: jprocter <jprocter@compbio.dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:06:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: hack to minimise IO interruption when SimpleClient.finalize() is called whilst docume... 
X-Git-Tag: Release_0.2~39
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8ac91a4d2d3909f69cfdd349f61a6d8e3559b154;p=vamsas.git

hack to minimise IO interruption when SimpleClient.finalize() is called whilst document IO is being performed on the event generator thread (as currently observed in ExampleApplication)


git-svn-id: https://svn.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/svn/repository/trunk@481 be28352e-c001-0410-b1a7-c7978e42abec
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diff --git a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/EventGeneratorThread.java b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/EventGeneratorThread.java
index b9824b5..d00e119 100644
--- a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/EventGeneratorThread.java
+++ b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/EventGeneratorThread.java
@@ -330,7 +330,10 @@ public class EventGeneratorThread {
 
   public void interruptWatching() {
     if (watchThread!=null && watchThread.isAlive())
+    {
+      // TODO: find a way of interrupting watcher in a way that prevents file IO being interrupted
       watchThread.interrupt();
+    }
     
   }
   /**
diff --git a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFileWatcherThread.java b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFileWatcherThread.java
index d1b2592..56a0440 100644
--- a/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFileWatcherThread.java
+++ b/src/uk/ac/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFileWatcherThread.java
@@ -89,4 +89,12 @@ public class VamsasFileWatcherThread extends Thread {
     log.debug("Finishing WatcherThread poll loop");
     running=false;
   }
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see java.lang.Thread#interrupt()
+   */
+  public void interrupt() {
+    // TODO: make thread gracefully interrupt watchers so that any handlers finish doing what they were doing
+    // super.interrupt();
+  }
+  
 }