I'm confused about how the Swing timer work. In the code below, I want to display from 0~9 every 400ms in the first text field when press START (once). After that the second text field will display "Finished".
public class Main extends JPanel{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JButton bStart;
private JTextField tTest;
private JTextField tNumber;
Main(){
bStart = new JButton("Start");
bStart.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
displayNumbers();
}
});
tTest = new JTextField(null, 30);
tNumber = new JTextField(" ", 30);
tNumber.setEditable(false);
this.setSize(300, 100);
this.add(bStart);
this.add(tNumber);
this.add(tTest);
}
public void displayNumbers(){
new Timer(400, new ActionListener() {
int i = 0;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
if(i<10){
tNumber.setText(Integer.toString(i));
i++;
}
else
((Timer)evt.getSource()).stop();
}
}).start();
tTest.setText("Finished");
}
public static void createAndShowGUI(){
JFrame frame = new JFrame("test");
frame.add(new Main());
frame.setSize(400, 150);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[]){
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
@Override
public void run() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
However, it first displays "Finished" before finishing displaying 0 ~ 9. I think the Swing timer works also in EDT, so "tTest.setText("Finished");" will be executed after timer thread. Why does not it work? How do I wait finishing displaying 0 ~ 9 then print "Finished"? Thanks!
Thanks for your answers. In fact what I want to ask is in general:
new Timer(delay, new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
doSomething();
}
}).start();
doOthers();
How to let doOthers() execute after all the doSomething()? (In some cases, we cannot put doOthers() inside actionPerformed function, as some answers mentioned).
The timer works concurrently. So the timer is started, then the text is set to finished, and then the timer fires and the first number appears.
To make the timer display finished after it is finished, put the
tTest.setText("Finished");
in theelse
clause ofif(i<10)
.