how to refresh frame during thread

[cob]

hey everyone,

basically what im doing is im running a thread which implements a while statement. within this while statement an action is performed and then the thread sleeps for a short period of time before continuing. everything works fine except the frame doesnt refresh until the thread is complete, does anyone have any ideas on how i can update it everytime it sleeps?

here is the code of the thread in case it helps:

public class autoSlow extends Thread
{
        public void run()
        {
                while(ballResult!=5)
                {
                        ball.doClick();
                        try
                        {
                                this.sleep(600);
                        } catch (InterruptedException e)
                        {}
                }
        }
}

thanks in advance, cob

[DarrylBurke]

Go through the tutorial on Concurrency in Swing.

also, the code snippet you posted doesn't reveal the real problem. Additionally, read the documentation for Runnable:

In most cases, the Runnable interface should be used if you are only planning to override the run() method and no other Thread methods. This is important because classes should not be subclassed unless the programmer intends on modifying or enhancing the fundamental behavior of the class.

db

[cob]

hmmmmm i went through the tutorial and a swing worker thread seems to be what i want, but i have no idea what to publish seeing as my repaint methods aren't threads, they're methods. any idea of what i could write instead of what ive got above that performs the same method but repaints after each sleep?

[Norm]

my repaint methods aren't threads,

All code executes on a thread. The Thread class allows you to create additional threads as needed.

If you have changed the GUI and what the paintComponent method called to re draw something, call the repaint() method.

[DarrylBurke]

Judging from your OP

an action is performed and then the thread sleeps for a short period of time before continuing

you need a javax.swing.Timer, not a SwingWorker.

db