create a timer

[robc]

I have a website and I need to create a timer. I have two button the first button start the timer and add the time to the database and the second button stop the timer and add that time to the database. Can anyone help?

[r035198x]

Where are you stuck?

[Lil_Aziz1]

You can use Thread.sleep() and Thread.interrupt(). Or you can use the Timer Class: Java 2 Platform SE v1.3.1: Class Timer

[robc]

I'm not stuck at this moment. I am just try to do some research before I add this to my code. This is web application I did not mention this in my post. Can you help or put me in the right direction.

[robc]

will thread.sleep() work in a web application and insert it into a database

[Singing Boyo]

... we need more detail - are you running an applet, or a serverside sub-program? Are you hard-coding the database location and login into the java code itself, or using a separate set of code? Are you trying to get the time the timer is running, or the time the timer starts and the time the timer ends? (if the latter, use System.getCurrentTimeMillis() in the button actions!)

Answer these and give us some more info, and we should be able to help you

[robc]

I'm using Weblogic, I guess that serverside. What you mean about hard coding the database? I'm trying get the timer starts and when the timer ends.

[Singing Boyo]

I was curious as to whether you were using java.sql to insert values into the database.

anyway, use somthing like this

class TimeCounter{
     int startTime, endTime;
     //starts a TimeCounter
     public TimeCounter(){
          startTime = System.getCurrentTimeMillis();
     }

     public void endCounter(){
          endTime = System.getCurrentTimeMillis();
     }
     public int getFullTime(){
          return endTime-startTime;
     }
}

Attach it into your gui or whatever. Create a counter when you want to start the timer, and call endCounter to stop it. getFullTime returns the total number of milliseconds between creation and the call to endCounter.

Best,
SingingBoyo