Re: Question: Simple GUI Updater Thread
pek wrote:
Hello.
Is this a good way to write an updater thread:
Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1).schedule(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
testLabel.setText("Test");
}
});
}
},1,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
It looks very ugly.. :P
It works perfectly nonetheless.
Yeah, it does. I think you might break things up a bit just for
readability.
Executors.newShceduledTreadPool(1).schedule( new MyLabelSetter (), 1,
TimeUnit.SECONDS );
class MyLabelSetter implements Runnable {
public void run() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new MySetLabel() );
}
}
class MySetLabel implements Runnable {
public void run() {
test.Label.setText( "Test" );
}
}
(Note: not compiled.)
It's more classes, but I can also read the darn thing.
On the other hand, it's not really that much work to parse through your
example, even with the lack of indentation. It's kind of a guess how
hard of a time the guy/gal after you is going to have understanding or
modifying your code.
Summary: *shrug*
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