org.bukkit.scheduler
Class BukkitRunnable

java.lang.Object
  org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public abstract class BukkitRunnable
extends Object
implements Runnable

This class is provided as an easy way to handle scheduling tasks.

Constructor Summary

BukkitRunnable()

Method Summary

void	cancel() Attempts to cancel this task.
int	getTaskId() Gets the task id for this runnable.
BukkitTask	runTask(Plugin plugin) Schedules this in the Bukkit scheduler to run on next tick.
BukkitTask	runTaskAsynchronously(Plugin plugin) Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit.
BukkitTask	runTaskLater(Plugin plugin, long delay) Schedules this to run after the specified number of server ticks.
BukkitTask	runTaskLaterAsynchronously(Plugin plugin, long delay) Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit.
BukkitTask	runTaskTimer(Plugin plugin, long delay, long period) Schedules this to repeatedly run until cancelled, starting after the specified number of server ticks.
BukkitTask	runTaskTimerAsynchronously(Plugin plugin, long delay, long period) Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Constructor Detail

BukkitRunnable

public BukkitRunnable()

Method Detail

cancel

public void cancel()
            throws IllegalStateException

Attempts to cancel this task.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if task was not scheduled yet

runTask

public BukkitTask runTask(Plugin plugin)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException,
                          IllegalStateException

Schedules this in the Bukkit scheduler to run on next tick.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTask(Plugin, Runnable)

runTaskAsynchronously

public BukkitTask runTaskAsynchronously(Plugin plugin)
                                 throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                        IllegalStateException

Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks.

Schedules this in the Bukkit scheduler to run asynchronously.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTaskAsynchronously(Plugin, Runnable)

runTaskLater

public BukkitTask runTaskLater(Plugin plugin,
                               long delay)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException,
                               IllegalStateException

Schedules this to run after the specified number of server ticks.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

delay - the ticks to wait before running the task

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTaskLater(Plugin, Runnable, long)

runTaskLaterAsynchronously

public BukkitTask runTaskLaterAsynchronously(Plugin plugin,
                                             long delay)
                                      throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                             IllegalStateException

Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks.

Schedules this to run asynchronously after the specified number of server ticks.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

delay - the ticks to wait before running the task

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTaskLaterAsynchronously(Plugin, Runnable, long)

runTaskTimer

public BukkitTask runTaskTimer(Plugin plugin,
                               long delay,
                               long period)
                        throws IllegalArgumentException,
                               IllegalStateException

Schedules this to repeatedly run until cancelled, starting after the specified number of server ticks.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

delay - the ticks to wait before running the task

period - the ticks to wait between runs

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTaskTimer(Plugin, Runnable, long, long)

runTaskTimerAsynchronously

public BukkitTask runTaskTimerAsynchronously(Plugin plugin,
                                             long delay,
                                             long period)
                                      throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                             IllegalStateException

Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks.

Schedules this to repeatedly run asynchronously until cancelled, starting after the specified number of server ticks.

Parameters:

plugin - the reference to the plugin scheduling task

delay - the ticks to wait before running the task for the first time

period - the ticks to wait between runs

Returns:

a BukkitTask that contains the id number

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if plugin is null

IllegalStateException - if this was already scheduled

See Also:

BukkitScheduler.runTaskTimerAsynchronously(Plugin, Runnable, long, long)

getTaskId

public int getTaskId()
              throws IllegalStateException

Gets the task id for this runnable.

Returns:

the task id that this runnable was scheduled as

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if task was not scheduled yet