Question

I want to pause the “timer” thread….or i can say want to put it into “wait” mode and then notify after something gets completed.

Timer _catchTimer = new Timer();
CatchAppNameTimer _catchTimerTask = new CatchAppNameTimer(_catchTimer);
_catchTimer.schedule(_catchTimerTask, 0, 5000);

My “TimerTask ( _catchTimerTask ) ” everytime shows a Popup screen ….that popup screen has two buttons – Unlock, Cancel.

basically i want that until user clicks on…. one of the Unlock / cancel btn, Time thread gets set on wait mode….. when user click one of the Unlock / Cancel button………… only after then Time thread gets notifiy.

Currently I am using a boolean variable in run method of “timertask” ….. to handle the deadlock situation…… that is TimerTask get called in every few secs……even when popup screen already shown……….

As follows :

public void run() { 


GlobalSingleton obj = null; 
  obj = GlobalSingleton.getInstance(); 
  if( obj.getShowDialog() ) 
        return;

   unlockField();
}

when first time “unlockFiled()” called……..i set a boolean variable as true (using Runtime Store) ……. which value is retrived by getShowDialog() method. and in

fieldChanged(Field field, int context) { } method of both Unlock / Cancel button……… i set the boolean var’s value as false…… by calling …

GlobalSingleton obj = null;
obj = GlobalSingleton.getInstance();
obj.setShowDialog(false);

But the right approch is “timer-task” should not be started again……. untilll user press either Unblock / Cancel button and control gets out of the fieldChanged(Field field, int context) { } method.

shuld i use a differnet thread to handle the….wait – notify operations on the Timer object….on the basis of a boolean variable. i hv already tried this approach………. but cant get a solution…

i’ll be gratefull for any suggestions….

Regards.

Answer 1

thanks BOSS and Alexey for ur contribution, I have solved my problem with a continuously running thread having sleep for 1 sec.

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