com.ridgesoft.ui
Class ScreenManager

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.ridgesoft.ui.ScreenManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class ScreenManager
extends Thread

Implements a manager which manages the display of a set of screens.

The user scrolls through the screens using an AnalogInput, which is typically a thumbwheel.

To make use of this class, construct an instance, giving it a list of screens to display, a reference to the Display object for the display it is to manage and a reference to the AnalogInput which provides the user a scroll device.

See Also:

Screen, TwoLineScreen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ScreenManager(Display display, Screen[] screens, AnalogInput scrollDevice, int threadPriority, int period)
Constructs a ScreenManager.

Method Summary

void	run() Run method executed by the ScreenManager thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, currentThread, dumpStack, getName, getPriority, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, start, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ScreenManager

public ScreenManager(Display display,
                     Screen[] screens,
                     AnalogInput scrollDevice,
                     int threadPriority,
                     int period)

Constructs a ScreenManager.

Parameters:

display - display the screen manager manages

screens - array of screens that can be displayed

scrollDevice - AnalogInput that controls which screen is displayed

threadPriority - priority of the ScreenManager thread

period - screen update period in milliseconds

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Run method executed by the ScreenManager thread.

Do not invoke this method directly.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread