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Blink.javaAPI DocExample3328Sat Sep 12 03:01:00 BST 1998None

Blink

public class Blink extends Applet implements Runnable
I love blinking things.
author
Arthur van Hoff
modified
96/04/24 Jim Hagen : use getBackground

Fields Summary
Thread
blinker
String
lbl
Font
font
int
speed
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public voidinit()

	font = new java.awt.Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 24);
	String att = getParameter("speed");
	speed = (att == null) ? 400 : (1000 / Integer.valueOf(att).intValue());
	att = getParameter("lbl");
	lbl = (att == null) ? "Blink" : att;
    
public voidpaint(java.awt.Graphics g)

	int x = 0, y = font.getSize(), space;
	int red = (int)(Math.random() * 50);
	int green = (int)(Math.random() * 50);
	int blue = (int)(Math.random() * 256);
	Dimension d = size();

	g.setColor(Color.black);
	g.setFont(font);
	FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
	space = fm.stringWidth(" ");
	for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(lbl) ; t.hasMoreTokens() ; ) {
	    String word = t.nextToken();
	    int w = fm.stringWidth(word) + space;
	    if (x + w > d.width) {
		x = 0;
		y += font.getSize();
	    }
	    if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
		g.setColor(new java.awt.Color((red + y * 30) % 256, (green + x / 3) % 256, blue));
	    } else {
                g.setColor(getBackground());
	    }
	    g.drawString(word, x, y);
	    x += w;
	}
    
public voidrun()

	while (true) {
	try {Thread.currentThread().sleep(speed);} catch (InterruptedException e){}
	    repaint();
	}
    
public voidstart()

	blinker = new Thread(this);
	blinker.start();
    
public voidstop()

	blinker.stop();