Re: Problem with Timer object

From:
"tomaszewski.p" <ksswzza@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:51:44 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<901f084c-0fe4-46dd-bc1b-0d1d08a59a79@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
On 21 Wrz, 18:20, tkt...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi bros. I am encountering with a problem about Timer .
I am simulating a elevator using Java GUI . My elevator includes an
rectangular elevator and a ButtonPanel (an array of buttons which
indicate the floors ) . The elevator runs up and down between the
storeys . What i want is when i press a button in the buttonPanel ie
button number 5 , the elevator will stop when it reachs storey 5 for
an amount of time and continue moving after that . I use timer but the
elevator can't stop .Here is the code .please help me . Thanks in
advance .


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 } // end of the elevator class


Doing it as Knute Johnson has written in his post is good idea.
To help you with timers, I have written small snippet:

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;

public class SwingTimerTest {
    static class TestPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
        private static final int MOVE_DELAY = 2000;
        private static final int PAUSE_DELAY = 500;

        enum Mode {
            MOVE,
            PAUSE
        }

        private Timer timer;
        private Mode mode;

        public TestPanel() {
            super();
            JButton runButton = new JButton("Run");
            runButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                    runTest();
                }
            });
            add(runButton);
        }

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            switch (mode) {
                case MOVE:
                    System.out.println("Pauses...");
                    mode = Mode.PAUSE;
                    timer.setInitialDelay(PAUSE_DELAY);
                    timer.start();
                    break;
                case PAUSE:
                    System.out.println("Moves...");
                    mode = Mode.MOVE;
                    timer.setInitialDelay(MOVE_DELAY);
                    timer.start();
                    break;
            }
        }

        private void runTest() {
            mode = Mode.MOVE;
            timer = new Timer(MOVE_DELAY, this);
            timer.setRepeats(false);
            timer.start();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TestPanel panel = new TestPanel();
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

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