more java threads:

hello all,

i am having some real trouble with java threads. i want to be able to run this function in a thread, but keep it in the same class that i am using is that possible if so how.

the reason i want to run this in a thread is because as you can see it has a loop in it that will never end, and this consiquently will lock up the application if its not in a thread, however it has to be run in a thread otherwise it wont accept information passed from the server program

   public void getData() {            
            try {
                while( ( fromServer = in.readLine() ) != null ) {
                        // System.out.println( fromServer );
                        returnString = fromServer;
                        
                        if( fromServer.equals( "close." ) ) { break; }
                 }
            } catch( IOException errIO ) { }
    }

please please help.

Hi,
if you make your class implement the interface Runnable (java.lang) then you can write a method called run and you can then pass the same object to run in a new thread and it will run that method.
You will have something like this:

class YourClass implements Runnable {

  public void run() {
    getData();
  }
  
  ...

  public static void main(...) {
    YourClass yourCoolClass = new YourClass();
    Thread t = new Thread(yourCoolClass);
    t.start();
    // keep doing your things
  }
}

I believe I am not forgeting any steps, but I dont have anything to test it with

Hope this is useful and Hope I get your problem right!

cheers for the reply, i managed to do something a long the lines of what you are saying this is the code for the working version:

     public void getData() {
         Thread t = new Thread();
         
        ( new Thread() {
            public void run() {
              try {
                  while( ( fromServer = in.readLine() ) != null ) {
                          System.out.println( fromServer );
                          returnString = fromServer;
                        
                          if( fromServer.equals( "close." ) ) { break; }
                   }
              } catch( IOException errIO ) { }
            }
        }).start();
     }

cheers for your help. trscookie.