no.sintef.event
Class Concentrator

java.lang.Object
  no.sintef.event.Concentrator

public class Concentrator

extends java.lang.Object

Event concentrator reduces overhead of many rapid events by collecting multiple events within a time window, firing only a single event once the time window elapses.

Author:

Fredrik Vraalsen

Constructor Summary

Concentrator(int windowLength, java.lang.Runnable eventHandler)
Concentrator constructor.

Method Summary

void	fireEvent() If event is already queued, just return, otherwise start new thread and wait for specified time window before firing event.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Concentrator

public Concentrator(int windowLength,
                    java.lang.Runnable eventHandler)

Concentrator constructor.

Parameters:

windowLength - length of time window used for collecting events

eventHandler - the event handler to activate once the time window has elapsed

Method Detail

fireEvent

public final void fireEvent()

If event is already queued, just return, otherwise start new thread and wait for specified time window before firing event.