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From: "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this>
Subject: Re: Accessing a thread
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  To: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>

On 7/30/2012 5:54 AM, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> File1
>
> public class controller extends Activity {
>
>
>      /** Called when the activity is first created. */
>      @Override
>      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
>          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
>          setContentView(R.layout.main);
>
>          final LanSendThread lanSendThread = new LanSendThread();
>          lanSendThread.start();
> ...}
>
> __________
>
> File2
>
> public class LanSendThread extends Thread{
>      public static Handler lanSendHandler;
>
>      @Override
>      public void run(){
>             Looper.prepare();
>
>             lanSendHandler = new Handler() {
> //stuff}
>
> ___________
>
> How do I access the thread lanSendThread from another class in another
> file?

     The same way you'd access it if it were an ArrayList or
a JButton or a File: You save the reference somewhere and dish it out to 
interested parties.  There must be two or three jillion ways to do this; a few 
of them are

     - Make `lanSendThread' a public member of the controller
       class (poor choice of name, by the way).  You may or may
       not want to make that member `final'.

     - Make `lanSendThread' a private member of the controller
       class, and write a public getThread() method to return it.

     - Stash the value of `lanSendThread' in a Map or other data
       structure, and "publicize" the data structure and/or
       accessors for it.

--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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