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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package de.zib.gndms.stuff.threading;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * @date: 07.08.12
 * @time: 13:52
 * @author: Jörg Bachmann
 * @email: bachmann@zib.de
 */
public abstract class PeriodcialJob extends Thread {

    protected Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( this.getClass() );

    final static int listenPeriod = 250;
    private boolean run = true;


    public void finish() {
        run = false;
        try {
            this.join();
        } catch( InterruptedException e ) {
        }
    }


    /**
     * Get the period of job repetition.
     * @return Time to wait until next execution of job.
     */
    public abstract Integer getPeriod();


    /**
     * Do the periodical work.
     */
    public abstract void call() throws Exception;


    @Override
    public void run() {
        while( run ) {
            try {
                final Integer period = getPeriod();
                
                int i = 0;
                
                while( i < period ) {
                    final int d = period-i < listenPeriod ? period-i : listenPeriod;
                    
                    i += d;
                    Thread.sleep( d );
                }
            } catch( InterruptedException e ) {
                run = false;
                return;
            }

            try {
                call();
            }
            catch( Exception e ) {
                logger.error( "Could not run job.", e );
            }
        }
    }
}

@@ -1626,16 +1626,23 @@
   while(
+ run &&
  i %3C per

stop as soon as possible