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Executing methods in a running secondary thread. Java

I have some methods that need to be run from the same secondary thread (if the thread is different they don't work). I have the secondary thread running. Is it possible to execute these methods from this secondary running thread by invoking them from outside? I got good results extracting the content of the methods and putting it in a "state machine" inside the "run" method, but my question is if I have any other way to do this without extracting the content of the method and easier and cleaner.
Example:
package threadapp;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import static javax.swing.JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE;
public class ThreadApp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Utils utils = new Utils();
}
}
class Utils {
JFrame frame;
JButton btn1;
public Utils() {
btn1 = new JButton("btn1");
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 300, 200);
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.add(btn1);
frame.setVisible(true);
t1.setName("Thread that I need to use when press button");
t1.start();
btn1.addActionListener((ActionEvent e) -> {
execute = true;
});
}
public void ExecuteActionInTheSameSecondaryThread(){
// Large method to execute withowt extrac the content
}
///// It works!!! Content of the method//////
boolean execute = false;
////////////////////////
Thread t1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
while (true) {
///// It works!!! //////
if (execute) {
execute = false;
System.out.println("Button pressed in: " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
}
////////////////////////
try {
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Utils.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
});
}

How do I make a loop start and end with a key press and release?

Here is my code... How can I make it work so that it runs the loop while the user is holding a button and stops when the user releases the button?
public void nextPrimeNum()
{
x = false;
int b = 2;
ArrayList<Integer> next = new ArrayList<Integer>();
while(x)
{
next = factors(b);
if(next.size()==2)
{
System.out.println(b);
}
b++;
}
System.out.println("End");
}
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
{
if(e.getKeyCode() == 401)
{
x = true;
}
}
public void keyRealesed(KeyEvent e)
{
if(e.getKeyCode() == 402)
{
x = false;
}
}

GUI and multi-thread programming is inherently difficult.
So, this is as simple as it could be, without violating best practices too much.
You need several things:
A separate Thread for printing primes:
Its run method loops for ever, but pauses when the Space key is not pressed.
(see Defining and Starting a Thread for more info)
A KeyListener which will be called from AWT's event dispatch thread:
The event handling methods are designed to finish fast, so that other events
(like moving, resizing and closing the frame) still are handled fast.
(see How to Write a Key Listener
and The Event Dispatch Thread for more info)
A visible GUI component (JFrame) for adding the KeyListener
Some synchronization between the 2 threads (via synchronized, notify and wait)
so that the prime-printing starts/continues on keyPressed
and suspends on keyReleased
(see Guarded Blocks for more info)
Initialize and start the whole GUI by invoking initGUI.
(see Initial Threads for more info)
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Main implements Runnable, KeyListener {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(Main::initGUI);
}
private static void initGUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new JLabel("Press SPACE key for printing primes"));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // center on screen
frame.setVisible(true);
Main main = new Main();
frame.addKeyListener(main);
Thread thread = new Thread(main);
thread.start();
}
private boolean spaceKeyPressed;
private boolean isPrime(int n) {
for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
if (n % i == 0)
return false;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public void run() {
for (int n = 2; /**/; n++) {
while (!spaceKeyPressed) {
synchronized (this) {
try {
wait(); // waits until notify()
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// do nothing
}
}
}
if (isPrime(n)) {
System.out.println(n);
}
}
}
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
// do nothing
}
#Override
public synchronized void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
spaceKeyPressed = true;
notifyAll(); // cause wait() to finish
}
}
#Override
public synchronized void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_SPACE) {
spaceKeyPressed = false;
notifyAll(); // cause wait() to finish
}
}
}

So, the answer is - it's complicated. It covers broad topics such as concurrency (in general), GUI development, best practices with the specific API (Swing) which are better covered in more detail by reading through the various tutorials (and experimenting)
Concurrency
Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing
Concurrency in Swing
Worker Threads and SwingWorker
How to Use Actions
How to Use Key Bindings
The example presents two ways to execute the "loop" (which is presented in the doInBackground method of the CalculateWorker class).
You can press and hold the JButton or press and hold the [kbd]Space[kbd] bar, both will cause the "main loop" to run, updating the JTextArea with the results...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private JTextArea ta;
private CalculateWorker worker;
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
ta = new JTextArea(20, 20);
ta.setEditable(false);
add(new JScrollPane(ta));
worker = new CalculateWorker(ta);
JButton btn = new JButton("Press");
btn.getModel().addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
System.out.println("...isRunning = " + worker.isRunning());
if (!worker.isRunning()) {
return;
}
System.out.println("...isPressed = " + btn.getModel().isPressed());
System.out.println("...isPaused = " + worker.isPaused());
if (btn.getModel().isPressed()) {
worker.pause(false);
} else {
worker.pause(true);
}
}
});
add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
worker.execute();
InputMap im = getInputMap(WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW);
ActionMap am = getActionMap();
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, 0, false), "Space.released");
im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, 0, true), "Space.pressed");
am.put("Space.released", new CalculateAction(false, worker));
am.put("Space.pressed", new CalculateAction(true, worker));
}
public class CalculateWorker extends SwingWorker<List<String>, String> {
private AtomicBoolean run = new AtomicBoolean(true);
private AtomicBoolean paused = new AtomicBoolean(false);
private ReentrantLock pausedLocked = new ReentrantLock();
private Condition pausedCondition = pausedLocked.newCondition();
private JTextArea ta;
public CalculateWorker(JTextArea ta) {
this.ta = ta;
pause(true);
}
public void stop() {
run.set(false);
pausedLocked.lock();
pausedCondition.signalAll();
pausedLocked.unlock();
}
public void pause(boolean pause) {
paused.set(pause);
pausedLocked.lock();
pausedCondition.signalAll();
pausedLocked.unlock();
}
public boolean isPaused() {
return paused.get();
}
public boolean isRunning() {
return run.get();
}
#Override
protected List<String> doInBackground() throws Exception {
List<String> values = new ArrayList<>(256);
long value = 0;
System.out.println("!! Start running");
while (run.get()) {
while (paused.get()) {
System.out.println("!! I'm paused");
pausedLocked.lock();
try {
pausedCondition.await();
} finally {
pausedLocked.unlock();
}
}
System.out.println("!! Start loop");
while (!paused.get() && run.get()) {
value++;
values.add(Long.toString(value));
publish(Long.toString(value));
Thread.sleep(5);
}
System.out.println("!! Main loop over");
}
System.out.println("!! Run is over");
return values;
}
#Override
protected void process(List<String> chunks) {
for (String value : chunks) {
ta.append(value);
ta.append("\n");
}
ta.setCaretPosition(ta.getText().length());
}
}
public class CalculateAction extends AbstractAction {
private boolean start;
private CalculateWorker worker;
public CalculateAction(boolean start, CalculateWorker worker) {
putValue(NAME, "Calculate");
this.start = start;
this.worker = worker;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
worker.pause(start);
}
}
}
}
Is there a simpler solution?
Of course, I always go for the most difficult, hard to understand solutions first (sarcasm)
While it "might" be possible to reduce the complexity, the example presents a number of "best practice" concepts which you would do well to learn and understand.
The solution could also be done differently depending on the API used, so, it's the "simplest" solution for the specific API choice.
I wanted to do it from the console!
Java can't do that - it's console support is rudimentary at best and doesn't support a concept of "key pressed/released" actions (since it's running in a single thread, it would be impossible for it to do otherwise).
There "are" solutions you might try, but they would require a third party library linked to native binaries to implement, which would (possibly) reduce the number of platforms it would run on

timer action performs only after the thread is finished

I have a swing GUI named SpyBiteDemo, it will call another class(Parser) and do some calculations and show some data in a jtable inside this GUI(SpyBiteDemo). I have a jbutton1 and I want to when click on it to show my timer to begin like 1,2,3,4,5,....seconds
what happens is my timer is running correctly however it does not show value unless it is done with all the program that is filling the jtable which means the action it is detecting is I perform the action after jtable appears.
I am a complete newbie on Java for event listeners and I have searched timer, timer task, schedule, everything and could not understand what's wrong.I also tried while(true) and did not fix it.I also tried duration of 1000,0,everything no affects.
I tried to use action command,sleeping the thread, it did not help.here is what I did:
public class SpyBiteDemo extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/**
* Creates new form SpyBiteDemo
*/
private long startTime;
Timer timer = new Timer(0, new TimerListener());
private class TimerListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent aEvt) {
long time = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000;
label3.setText(time + " seconds");
}
}
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
jButton1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
timer.start();
}
});
startTime = evt.getWhen();
String SeedUrl = jTextField1.getText();
Parser P = new Parser(this);
jTable2.setVisible(true);
}
}
it will start showing label3 value only after it is filling the jtable on my jframe.I want the timer to start from when I am clicking the button.
with trashgod's links I had come up with this example which is comepletely runnable on your machine, this works perfect except that when I the program finishes, it does not stop the timer since I don't know where to do it, I know I should do it in addPropertyChangeListener, however I do not have timer value.
/*
* To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
* To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package javaapplication7;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
/**
* #see http://stackoverflow.com/a/25526869/230513
*/
public class DisplayLog {
private static final String NAME = "C:\\wamp\\bin\\mysql\\mysql5.6.17\\bin\\scosche.sql";
private static class LogWorker extends SwingWorker<TableModel, String> {
private final File file;
private final DefaultTableModel model;
private LogWorker(File file, DefaultTableModel model) {
this.file = file;
this.model = model;
model.setColumnIdentifiers(new Object[]{file.getAbsolutePath()});
}
#Override
protected TableModel doInBackground() throws Exception {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String s;
while ((s = br.readLine()) != null) {
publish(s);
}
return model;
}
#Override
protected void process(List<String> chunks) {
for (String s : chunks) {
model.addRow(new Object[]{s});
}
}
#Override
protected void done() {}
}
private void display() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("DisplayLog");
JLabel m=new JLabel("time");
JButton jb=new JButton("run");
f.add(jb,BorderLayout.BEFORE_FIRST_LINE);
f.add(m, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel();
JTable table = new JTable(model);
JProgressBar jpb = new JProgressBar();
f.add(jpb, BorderLayout.NORTH);
f.add(new JScrollPane(table));
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
LogWorker lw = new LogWorker(new File(NAME), model);
lw.addPropertyChangeListener((PropertyChangeEvent ev) -> {
SwingWorker.StateValue s = (SwingWorker.StateValue) ev.getNewValue();
jpb.setIndeterminate(s.equals(SwingWorker.StateValue.STARTED));
});
lw.execute();
int timeDelay = 0;
ActionListener time;
time = new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
m.setText(System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 + "seconds");
}
};
Timer timer=new Timer(timeDelay, time);
timer.start();
if(lw.isDone())
timer.stop();
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
new DisplayLog().display();
});
}
}

It looks like the rows that comprise your table come from the network with variable, indeterminate latency. As shown here, you can load data into your TableModel in the background of a SwingWorker. As shown here, you can calculate intermediate progress in a way that makes sense for your application and display it in a PropertyChangeListener.

run function on JButton press

I'm attempting to make a program in java that uses a robot to press a specific key every few seconds. It has a GUI with a start and stop button and a label which tells which state its in. I've got everything working so far except that when I click "start" it runs the loop for my robot function (which is infinite) it doesn't enable the stop button like I thought it would. I know its something stupid with where the infinite loop is placed but I'm not sure how to make it work correctly.
I don't do a lot of java work, this was just a fun thing I thought to try but got stuck part way through. Any help is appreciated.
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class Main extends JFrame {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private static boolean running = false;;
private JButton start_button;
private JButton stop_button;
private JLabel tl;
private static int i = 0;
Robot robot;
void start() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Helper");
tl = new JLabel("Running: " + running);
start_button = new JButton("Start");
stop_button = new JButton("Stop");
stop_button.setEnabled(false);
frame.add(tl);
frame.add(start_button);
frame.add(stop_button);
frame.setSize(300, 100);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocation(400, 400);
try {
robot = new Robot();
} catch (AWTException e2) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e2.printStackTrace();
}
robot.setAutoDelay(200);
start_button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
start_button.setEnabled(false);
stop_button.setEnabled(true);
running = true;
tl.setText("Running: " + running);
while (running) {
robot_loop(robot);
}
}
});
stop_button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
start_button.setEnabled(true);
stop_button.setEnabled(false);
running = false;
tl.setText("Running: " + running);
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Main().start();
}
private static void robot_loop(Robot robot) {
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD0);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD0);
System.out.println("numpad 0 pressed! - " + i);
i++;
}
}

I've adapted my comment into an answer.
The actionPerformed method of those event listeners are invoked on Swing's event dispatch thread, and since you're entering into an infinite loop, it'll cause the GUI to freeze. You could create a thread inside of your actionPerformed method and do your work inside of the new thread. Though the next issue you'd run into is finding a nice way to stop the thread whenever the user presses the stop button.
What's cool is that you've already got all the logic to do this in your code. So getting it to work is as simple as changing:
start_button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
start_button.setEnabled(false);
stop_button.setEnabled(true);
running = true;
tl.setText("Running: " + running);
while (running) {
robot_loop(robot);
}
}
});
To do your work on its own thread:
start_button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
start_button.setEnabled(false);
stop_button.setEnabled(true);
running = true;
tl.setText("Running: " + running);
Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().submit(new Runnable() {
#Override public void run() {
while (running) {
robot_loop(robot);
}
}
});
}
});
The code above makes use of the executors framework (java.util.concurrent.*) rather than directly creating a thread. Another alternative as nachokk suggested would be to use a timer java.util.Timer or javax.swing.Timer (either should be fine in this case).

You can do something like this using SwingTimer
int delay = 400*1000;// you can inject this property
ActionListener taskPerformer = new ActionListener(){
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt2) {
robot_loop(robot);
}
};
Timer timer = new Timer(delay, taskPerformer);
timer.start();

JProgressBar not displaying correctly from ActionEvent

In the below code the JProgressBar displays correctly when the doSomething() is called from within main() but not when called as a result of an ActionEvent - the interface seems to freeze. What is the problem?
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Vector;
public class ThreadedDialog extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
private JDialog dlg;
private JButton button;
private void buildInterface(){
button = new JButton("do stuff;");
button.addActionListener(this);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, button);
dlg = new JDialog(this, "Progress Dialog", true);
JProgressBar dpb = new JProgressBar(0, 500);
dlg.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, dpb);
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.NORTH, new JLabel("Progress..."));
dlg.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
dlg.setSize(300, 75);
dlg.setLocationRelativeTo(this);
dpb.setIndeterminate(true);
}
public void doSomething(){
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
dlg.show();
}
});
t.start();
try {
for (int i=0; i<100; i++){
System.out.println("wtf is going on here?");
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
dlg.hide();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ThreadedDialog me = new ThreadedDialog();
me.buildInterface();
me.pack();
me.setVisible(true);
me.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//me.doSomething();
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
doSomething();
}
}
Thanks

Everything you do with Swing components should be done on the event dispatch thread (EDT) (i.e. the thread used by Swing to call your events). You should launch threads to perform lengthy background operations.
In your code, you do the reverse : you try showing the dialog in another thread, and perform the long operation in the EDT.
Here's the fixed code :
package fr.free.jnizet.stackoverflow;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class ThreadedDialog extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
private JDialog dlg;
private JButton button;
private void buildInterface(){
button = new JButton("do stuff;");
button.addActionListener(this);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, button);
dlg = new JDialog(this, "Progress Dialog", true);
JProgressBar dpb = new JProgressBar(0, 500);
dlg.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, dpb);
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.NORTH, new JLabel("Progress..."));
dlg.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
dlg.setSize(300, 75);
dlg.setLocationRelativeTo(this);
dpb.setIndeterminate(true);
}
public void doSomething(){
// create a thread for the background task
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(){
public void run() {
try {
for (int i=0; i<100; i++){
System.out.println("wtf is going on here?");
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// when the background task is finished, hide the dialog in the EDT.
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
dlg.setVisible(false);
}
});
}
});
t.start();
// show the dialog in the EDT
dlg.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// create the GUI in the EDT
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
ThreadedDialog me = new ThreadedDialog();
me.buildInterface();
me.pack();
me.setVisible(true);
me.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
});
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
doSomething();
}
}
You should read this tutorial, and learn to use SwingWorker for background tasks.

The problem here is that you are doing dlg.show() on the new thread that blocks that thread and you have Thread.sleep() on your main thread so pretty much everything is blocked. Besides JDialog.show() and hide() are deprecated and you might want to be using setVisible(true/false), but that was not causing any issue in your case. If you are trying to display a dialog with a progress bar for some time and then close it, here's the fixed code. There is a second thread now that takes care of hiding the dialog after some time leaving the main thread to do it's thing.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ThreadedDialog extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
private JDialog dlg;
private JButton button;
private void buildInterface() {
button = new JButton("do stuff;");
button.addActionListener(this);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, button);
dlg = new JDialog(this, "Progress Dialog", true);
JProgressBar dpb = new JProgressBar(0, 500);
dlg.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, dpb);
dlg.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.NORTH, new JLabel("Progress..."));
dlg.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
dlg.setSize(300, 75);
dlg.setLocationRelativeTo(this);
dpb.setIndeterminate(true);
}
public void doSomething() {
Thread t1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
dlg.setVisible(true);
}
});
Thread t2 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
System.out.println("wtf is going on here?");
Thread.sleep(10000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
dlg.setVisible(false);
}
});
t1.start();
t2.start();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ThreadedDialog me = new ThreadedDialog();
me.buildInterface();
me.pack();
me.setVisible(true);
me.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// me.doSomething();
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
doSomething();
}
}