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Re: Accessing a thread

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From	Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Accessing a thread
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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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Accessing a thread Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2012-07-30 10:54 +0100
  Re: Accessing a thread Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-07-30 09:10 -0400
  Re: Accessing a thread Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-30 19:34 -0700

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