edu.columbia.cs.util
Class DeleteFilesThread

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class DeleteFilesThread

extends java.lang.Thread

Periodically deletes the files and subdirectories in a specified directory older than one hour old. The default sleep time is 3600000 secs.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

DeleteFilesThread(java.lang.String dir)
Constructs a new DeleteFilesThread with a specified directory whose contents to delete.

DeleteFilesThread(java.lang.String dir, int time)
Constructs a new DeleteFilesThread with a specified directory whose contents to delete and a specified sleep time.

Method Summary

void	run() Starts the thread.
void	stopThread() Stops the thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DeleteFilesThread

public DeleteFilesThread(java.lang.String dir)

Constructs a new DeleteFilesThread with a specified directory whose contents to delete.

Parameters:

dir - the directory to delete

DeleteFilesThread

public DeleteFilesThread(java.lang.String dir,
                         int time)

Constructs a new DeleteFilesThread with a specified directory whose contents to delete and a specified sleep time.

Parameters:

dir - the directory to delete

time - the time to sleep

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Starts the thread.

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

stopThread

public void stopThread()

Stops the thread.