/*
* Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
* All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
* $Id: UpdateSlowGUI.java,v 1.4 2004/03/26 03:30:24 ian Exp $
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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);
}
}
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