net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread
Class UpdateManager

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread.UpdateManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class UpdateManager
extends java.lang.Thread

The Update Manager checks the version-file on a server for new releases of RSSOwl and displays a message in a new tab if a new version is available. The message also contains a list of new features if available. The Manager is a thread to avoid freezing of RSSOwl while the update informations are re- trieved.

Version:

1.2.4

Author:

Benjamin Pasero

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	changelog Changelog of newest version
private boolean	displayNoNewVersionInfo True if the user wants to be informed even if no updated is available
static java.lang.String	MAJOR_VERSION Set the current major version of RSSOwl [Format: x.x]
static java.lang.String	MINOR_VERSION Set the current minor version of RSSOwl [Format: YYYY-MM-DD] [PR Format: Preview Release YYYY-MM-DD]
private java.lang.String	onlineVersion RSSOwl Version as String
private GUI	rssOwlGui RSSOwl Maincontroller
private boolean	showErrorMessage If TRUE show an warning message when the connection fails

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

UpdateManager(GUI rssOwlGui)
Instantiate a new UpdateManager

UpdateManager(GUI rssOwlGui, boolean showErrorMessage)
Instantiate a new UpdateManager

Method Summary

(package private) void	createErrorConnectInfo() Display warning message in a dialog
(package private) void	createInfoTab() Display the message in the tab
(package private) void	createNoNewVersionInfo() Display the message in a dialog
private void	getChangelog() Get changelog from server
static java.lang.String	getPublicVersion() Get the correct formatted public version identifier
private void	getVersion() Get version number from server
void	run() Load versionnumber and changelog from server
void	setDisplayNoNewVersionInfo(boolean displayNoNewVersionInfo) Set TRUE if the user wants to be informed even if no upted is available

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, 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

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

Field Detail

MAJOR_VERSION

public static final java.lang.String MAJOR_VERSION

Set the current major version of RSSOwl
[Format: x.x]

See Also:

Constant Field Values

MINOR_VERSION

public static final java.lang.String MINOR_VERSION

Set the current minor version of RSSOwl
[Format: YYYY-MM-DD]
[PR Format: Preview Release YYYY-MM-DD]

See Also:

Constant Field Values

changelog

private java.lang.String changelog

Changelog of newest version

displayNoNewVersionInfo

private boolean displayNoNewVersionInfo

True if the user wants to be informed even if no updated is available

onlineVersion

private java.lang.String onlineVersion

RSSOwl Version as String

rssOwlGui

private GUI rssOwlGui

RSSOwl Maincontroller

showErrorMessage

private boolean showErrorMessage

If TRUE show an warning message when the connection fails

Constructor Detail

UpdateManager

public UpdateManager(GUI rssOwlGui)

Instantiate a new UpdateManager

Parameters:

rssOwlGui - The RSSOwl Maincontroller

UpdateManager

public UpdateManager(GUI rssOwlGui,
                     boolean showErrorMessage)

Instantiate a new UpdateManager

Parameters:

rssOwlGui - The RSSOwl Maincontroller

showErrorMessage - TRUE: Show warning message if con. fails

Method Detail

getPublicVersion

public static java.lang.String getPublicVersion()

Get the correct formatted public version identifier

Returns:

String The public version

run

public void run()

Load versionnumber and changelog from server

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

setDisplayNoNewVersionInfo

public void setDisplayNoNewVersionInfo(boolean displayNoNewVersionInfo)

Set TRUE if the user wants to be informed even if no upted is available

Parameters:

displayNoNewVersionInfo - Set to TRUE if RSSOwl should give out information, even if no new version is available.

getChangelog

private void getChangelog()
                   throws java.io.IOException

Get changelog from server

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO Error occurs

getVersion

private void getVersion()
                 throws java.io.IOException

Get version number from server

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO Error occurs

createErrorConnectInfo

void createErrorConnectInfo()

Display warning message in a dialog

createInfoTab

void createInfoTab()

Display the message in the tab

createNoNewVersionInfo

void createNoNewVersionInfo()

Display the message in a dialog