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UpdateSlowGUI.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

/** Update a GUI after some slow operation completes.
 * Do it right, using the AWT event thread.
 */
public class UpdateSlowGUI extends JFrame {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Create the GUI; will implicitly create and start AWT GUI thread
		new UpdateSlowGUI().setVisible(true); 
	}

	public UpdateSlowGUI() {
		super("UpdateSlowGUI");
		final JButton b;
		final JLabel status;
		Container cp = getContentPane();
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

		cp.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, b = new JButton("Update..."));
		cp.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, status = new JLabel("Ready"));
		b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			// Pressed when the user wants to do the action...
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
				status.setText("Busy...");
				b.setEnabled(false);
				Thread t = new Thread() {
					public void run() {
						// Simulate something slow, like a large DB query
						try {
							Thread.sleep(5000);
						} catch(InterruptedException ex) {
							return;
						}

						// OK, the long-running thing has finished.
						// Now go back into AWT/Swing to update the GUI
						SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
							public void run() {
								status.setText("Ready");
								b.setEnabled(true);
							}
						});
					}
				};
				t.start();
			}
		});
		setSize(150, 200);
		setLocation(200, 200);
	}
}