tcl.lang
Class ConsoleThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      tcl.lang.ConsoleThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class ConsoleThread
extends Thread

This class implements the Console Thread: it is started by tcl.lang.Shell if the user gives no initial script to evaluate, or when the -console option is specified. The console thread loops forever, reading from the standard input, executing the user input and writing the result to the standard output.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ConsoleThread(Interp i)
Create a ConsoleThread.

Method Summary

void	run() Called by the JVM to start the execution of the console thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConsoleThread

public ConsoleThread(Interp i)

Create a ConsoleThread.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Called by the JVM to start the execution of the console thread. It loops forever to handle user inputs. Results: None. Side effects: This method never returns. During its execution, some TclObjects may be locked inside the historyObjs vector. Remember to free them at "appropriate" times!

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread