com.xigole.util.sql
Class MaskingThread

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Thread
      extended by com.xigole.util.sql.MaskingThread
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Runnable

public class MaskingThread
extends java.lang.Thread

This class attempts to erase characters echoed to the console.

This code is derived from http://java.sun.com/features/2002/09/pword_mask.html, The article states

Feel free to reuse and improve the code in this article for your applications.

So I think that it should be ok to include it here. I have only removed unneeded variables and changed to my coding style. No "real" changes have been made.


Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread
java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread
MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY
 
Constructor Summary
MaskingThread(java.lang.String thePrompt)
           
 
Method Summary
 void run()
          Begin masking until asked to stop.
 void stopMasking()
          Instruct the thread to stop masking.
 
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

MaskingThread

public MaskingThread(java.lang.String thePrompt)
Parameters:
thePrompt - The prompt displayed to the user
Method Detail

run

public void run()
Begin masking until asked to stop.

Specified by:
run in interface java.lang.Runnable
Overrides:
run in class java.lang.Thread

stopMasking

public void stopMasking()
Instruct the thread to stop masking.