Re: Inconsistent CPU usage

Elliot wrote:


Here's some rubbish I dashed off in a couple of mins. It compiles, runs
and does what I expected it to do.

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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.SwingWorker;

public class PwSocket {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 new PwSocket();
             }
         });
     }

     PwSocket() {
         final String pw = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Password");

         new SwingWorker<Void,Void>() {
             @Override
             protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
                 new SocketThing(pw).start();
                 return null;
             }
         }.execute();

         JPanel p = new JPanel();
         p.add(new JLabel("Your App goes here"));

         JFrame f = new JFrame("Passworded Socket");
         f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
         f.add(p);
         f.pack();
         f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
         f.setVisible(true);
     }

     class SocketThing {
         SocketThing(String pw) {
             // Use pw to init stuff
         }
         public void start() {
             // Network I/O here (off EDT)
         }
     }

}
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HTH

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