SwingWorker.java

package guiUtilities;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public abstract class SwingWorker {
    private Object value;  // see getValue(), setValue()

    private static class ThreadVar {
        private Thread thread;
        ThreadVar(Thread t) { thread = t; }
        synchronized Thread get() { return thread; }
        synchronized void clear() { thread = null; }
    }

    private ThreadVar threadVar;

    protected synchronized Object getValue() { 
        return value; 
    }

    private synchronized void setValue(Object x) { 
        value = x; 
    }

    public abstract Object construct();

    public void finished() {
    }

    public void interrupt() {
        Thread t = threadVar.get();
        if (t != null) {
            t.interrupt();
        }
        threadVar.clear();
    }

    public Object get() {
        while (true) {  
            Thread t = threadVar.get();
            if (t == null) {
                return getValue();
            }
            try {
                t.join();
            }
            catch (InterruptedException e) {
                Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // propagate
                return null;
            }
        }
    }


    public SwingWorker() {
        final Runnable doFinished = new Runnable() {
           public void run() { finished(); }
        };

        Runnable doConstruct = new Runnable() { 
            public void run() {
                try {
                    setValue(construct());
                }
                finally {
                    threadVar.clear();
                }

                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doFinished);
            }
        };

        Thread t = new Thread(doConstruct);
        threadVar = new ThreadVar(t);
    }

    public void start() {
        Thread t = threadVar.get();
        if (t != null) {
            t.start();
        }
    }
}

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