jsky.util
Class ConnectionUtil

java.lang.Object
  jsky.util.ConnectionUtil

public class ConnectionUtil
extends java.lang.Object

A utility class for getting a URL connection in a background thread without hanging. Used to solve the problem of a background thread hanging (even after calling Thread.interrupt()) while waiting for URL.openConnection() to return.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Allan Brighton

Constructor Summary

ConnectionUtil(java.net.URL url)
Initialize with the given URL

Method Summary

void	interrupt() Interrupt the connection
java.net.URLConnection	openConnection()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConnectionUtil

public ConnectionUtil(java.net.URL url)

Initialize with the given URL

Method Detail

openConnection

public java.net.URLConnection openConnection()
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

interrupt

public void interrupt()

Interrupt the connection