public Tick getAvailTickThread(Tickable E, long TICK_TIME, int tickID) {
Tick tock = null;
Tick almostTock = null;
ThreadGroup grp = null;
char threadGroupNum = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup().getName().charAt(0);
for (Iterator<Tick> e = tickGroups(); e.hasNext(); ) {
almostTock = e.next();
if (almostTock != null) {
if (almostTock.contains(E, tickID)) return null;
if ((tock == null)
&& (almostTock.TICK_TIME == TICK_TIME)
&& (!almostTock.solitaryTicker)
&& (almostTock.numTickers() < TickableGroup.MAX_TICK_CLIENTS)) {
grp = almostTock.getThreadGroup();
if ((grp != null) && (grp.getName().charAt(0) == threadGroupNum)) {
tock = almostTock;
}
}
}
}
if (tock != null) return tock;
tock = new Tick(TICK_TIME);
addTickGroup(tock);
return tock;
}
