001/*
002 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2005 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
003 * 
004 * http://www.izforge.com/izpack/
005 * http://developer.berlios.de/projects/izpack/
006 * 
007 * Copyright 2002 Elmar Grom
008 * 
009 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
010 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
011 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
012 * 
013 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
014 *     
015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
016 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
017 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
018 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
019 * limitations under the License.
020 */
021
022package com.izforge.izpack.util;
023
024/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
025/**
026 * This class implements a thred that can be used to free native libraries safely.
027 * 
028 * @version 0.0.1 / 2/6/02
029 * @author Elmar Grom
030 */
031/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
032public class FreeThread extends Thread
033{
034
035    private String name = "";
036
037    private NativeLibraryClient client = null;
038
039    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
040    /**
041     * Standard constructor.
042     * 
043     * @param name the name of the library to free. The exact form of the name may be operating
044     * system dependent. On Microsoft Windows this must be just the library name, without path but
045     * with extension.
046     * @param client reference of the client object that is linked with the library to be freed.
047     */
048    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
049    public FreeThread(String name, NativeLibraryClient client)
050    {
051        this.name = name;
052        this.client = client;
053    }
054
055    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
056    /**
057     * The run() method. Frees the library. Note that the thread is likely to get 'frozen' and the
058     * application can only be treminated through a call to <code>System.exit()</code>.
059     */
060    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
061    public void run()
062    {
063        client.freeLibrary(name);
064    }
065}
066/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/