Class Thread

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class Thread

A Thread can be either a generic java.lang.Thread object or an internal Helma request. In both cases the code will be evaluated "in background", ie. apart from the current thread.
Defined in Thread.js

Constructor Detail

Thread

Thread(<Object> handler, <String> method )

Creates a new Thread instance.

Parameters:
handler - Either a function or an object. If an object is assigned it will be used as context for the (then mandatory) second argument.
method - Defines the name of the method that should be executed. All further given arguments will be used in the method call.

Returns:
A new thread.

isRunning

Boolean isRunning()

Returns the current state of the thread.

Returns:
True if the thread is alive, false otherwise.

start

void start()

Starts the thread.

stop

void stop()

Stops the thread.