Java Thread Programming

Chapter 9. Threads and Swing

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Why Isn't the Swing Toolkit Multithread-Safe?

• Using SwingUtilities.invoke AndWait()

• Using SwingUtilities.invokeLater()

• Using SwingUtilities.isEventDispatch Thread()

• When invokeAndWait() and invokeLater() Are Not Needed

• The Need for Worker Threads in a GUI Setting

• Using a Worker Thread to Relieve the Event Thread

• Scrolling Text in a Custom Component

• Animating a Set of Images

• Displaying Elapsed Time on a JLabel

• Floating Components Around Inside a Container

The Swing graphical toolkit brings a host of new components to the Java platform. There's a catch, though—Swing components are not designed for a multithreaded environment. In this chapter, I'll show how you how to safely interact with Swing components in a multithread-safe ...