Re: here's my code. any help on the stateChanged method???

From:
"beelzibub @ bawston school for idiots" <comprehensivecenter>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:38:03 -0400
Message-ID:
<Bu6dnd4V7I96MP3bnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com>
Lew wrote:

beelzibub @ bawston school for idiots wrote:

    public static void main(String[] args){

        int newx=125, newy=95; // coordinates of time
        boolean set;
        set = true;
        String st = " Starting ...";
        String theTime = " ";
        String theAlarm = " ";
        Thread t = new Thread();
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

        t.start();
        try{
        //setAlarm();
            if (set)
                setAlarm();
            else
            for (;;) { // forever
                addToBox(doTime(st));
                t.sleep(1000);
            } // forever

        }catch (Exception e){}

            //{ who cares?)

    }


Since sleep() is static it is better to invoke it through the class
rather than the instance:

Thread.sleep( 1000 );

Note that invoking sleep() as you did will not put Thread "t" to sleep.

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html#sleep(long)>

Note also that Thread "t" will end very quickly after you start it. It
will take about as long as a "return" execution to stop.


.... thx, but what about my overall code? i don't understand how you can
call a method with no args and then just start using everything? should
i decare these 'things' in the main so they are global???

b

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