Polled keyboard input through swing

[Prometheus]

Hello!

A new member here, with a question I have wanted to know the answer to for absolutely ages, and have never found a solution to...

Is is possible to setup a swing form to handle polled keyboard input. By this, I mean overridding the event model for keyboard input, and instead invoke some "getch()" style method.

For the current project I have in mind (a game) it is not desirable to for the usual event behavior of keyboard input, (eg keyTyped(), keyPressed(), keyReleased()).

Instead, I require a method which can be invoked, block execution and then return the keypress. Im not even sure this can be acheived... Any ideas?

[Sathish]

to start with U can use a thread !

[Prometheus]

Okay, well I have only used threads in a limited capacity so far. Mostly for network client/server implementations. How would I go about this? Im good with most of the Java programming features, but threads are not my strong point (lack of practice). Some pseudocode would be helpful. Im not looking for a coded solution, just a nudge in the right direction!

Thanks