Re: Using Thread.sleep(..) and Swing Components


Peter Duniho wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:30:37 -0700, <karpthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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The problem is, that the component seems to be repainted only, when the method
is finished.

What am I doing wrong?

You are delaying the event-dispatch thread by calling sleep().

Operations that take any significant amount of time should be handled on a different thread, using the EventQueue.invokeLater() and EventQueue.invokeAndWait() methods to execute any code that is required to be executed on the EDT (such as setting the value of a progress bar control).


I find SwingWorker useful too. It simplifies the work of creating and using threads when you also want to update the GUI.


Just my ¤0.02 worth

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