// In terminal-based applications, this is a non-portable, unreliable
// way to sound the terminal bell (if there is one) and get the
// user's attention. \u0007 is the ASCII BEL or Ctrl-G character.
System.out.println("BEEP\u0007!");
// For applications that can use AWT, there is another way
// to ring the bell.
String[] words = new String[] {
"Shave ", "and ", "a ", "hair", "cut ", "two ", "bits."
};
int[] pauses = new int[] { 300, 150, 150, 250, 450, 250, 1 };
for(int i = 0; i < pauses.length; i++) {
// Ring the bell using AWT
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
System.out.print(words[i]);
System.out.flush();
// Wait a while before beeping again.
try { Thread.sleep(pauses[i]); } catch(InterruptedException e) {}
}
System.out.println();
