stopping timer

[mkj]

Hi,
In the following code i can move the car object when pressing the button, but the problem is that i am unable to stop the car before it exits the panel.
can any one help me??

final ActionListener animation = new ActionListener(){
int i = 1; 
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
{int j= i++;
car.setBounds(2+j,260,50,50);

System.out.println(j);}

}
};

ActionListener buttonAction = new ActionListener(){

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

final Timer timer = new Timer(10,animation);

}
};

thx.

[sunde887]

I really hope your code isn't actually formed like that. Some better indentation will make it much easier to understand. If you declare the timer in a larger scope you can reference it from other methods and call timer.stop().

[mkj]

Dear Dunde887
Thanks for your reply and can you give me a more detailed explanation or if you can indicate a link to a similair problem.

[quad64bit]

What he is saying is that if you declare your time in an accessible place with an accessible scope, you can access it from anywhere (with the help of an accessor method if needed) in your program. Once you can 'see' it, you can call it's methods.

In this way, other actionHandlers or classes can ask the main class for access to the timer, and then call timer.stop() on said timer.

[sunde887]

I can link you to some code of mine which uses timers, https://github.com/hegek87/Breakout/...r/src/breakout