/**
* Terminates this timer, discarding any currently scheduled tasks. Does not interfere with a
* currently executing task (if it exists). Once a timer has been terminated, its execution thread
* terminates gracefully, and no more tasks may be scheduled on it.
*
* <p>Note that calling this method from within the run method of a timer task that was invoked by
* this timer absolutely guarantees that the ongoing task execution is the last task execution
* that will ever be performed by this timer.
*
* <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent calls have no effect.
*/
public void cancel() {
synchronized (queue) {
queue.newTasksMayBeScheduled = false;
queue.clear();
queue.notify(); // In case queue was already empty.
}
}
/** start the main processing loop. */
public void run() {
try {
mainLoop();
/*
* If mainLoop returns then thread timed out with no events
* in the queue. The thread will quietly be restarted in sched()
* when the next TimerTask is queued.
*/
} catch (Throwable t) {
// Someone killed this Thread, behave as if Timer cancelled
synchronized (queue) {
queue.newTasksMayBeScheduled = false;
queue.clear(); // Eliminate obsolete references
}
}
}
