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Class BackgroundTask

public abstract class BackgroundTask extends Object

Allows you to perform long lasting tasks in background. If we ever move to Java 6, we should use the SwingWorker class (included in the JDK) instead of this custom Event Dispatching code.

Nested Class Summary
static class	BackgroundTask.ThreadWrapper Inner class that holds the reference to the thread.

Field Summary
BackgroundTask.ThreadWrapper	thread A wrapper for the tread that executes a time-consuming task.

Constructor Summary
	BackgroundTask() Starts a thread.

Method Summary
abstract void	doTask() Implement this class; the time-consuming task will go here.
void	finished() Called on the event dispatching thread once the construct method has finished its task.
void	interrupt() Forces the thread to stop what it's doing.
void	start() Starts the thread.