Re: Chronometer
gaijinco wrote:
I suppose this is kind of an easy question but I'm getting a hard time
with it.
I want to have a loop that breaks upon a normal condition and a time-
condition namely to stop if the other condition haven't been met after
T milliseconds.
I have never used threads and to find how to do this I have read a lot
of info that doesn't seems to apply.
Thank you very much!
The others are great examples. I just like this because it is very simple.
public class test7 {
static volatile boolean timesUpFlag;
public static void main(String[] args) {
// create timer thread
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
Thread.sleep(3000);
timesUpFlag = true;
} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
new Thread(r).start(); // start timer
int x = 0;
// loop until x == Integer.MAX_VALUE or time is up
while (++x < Integer.MAX_VALUE && !timesUpFlag)
;
if (x == Integer.MAX_VALUE)
System.out.println("done");
else
if (timesUpFlag)
System.out.println("timed out x = " + x);
}
}
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