acm.util
Class SwingTimer

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.Timer
      acm.util.SwingTimer

public class SwingTimer
extends Timer

This class is equivalent to javax.swing.Timer and exists only to avoid the ambiguity that arises because there is also a Timer class in java.util.

Constructor Summary

SwingTimer(int rate, ActionListener listener)

Method Summary

Inherited Method Summary

void	addActionListener(ActionListener listener) Adds the specified action listener to the timer.
int	getDelay() Returns the timer delay.
boolean	isRepeats() Returns true if the timer repeats.
boolean	isRunning() Returns true if the timer is running.
void	removeActionListener(ActionListener listener) Removes the specified action listener from the timer.
void	setDelay(int delay) Sets the timer delay in milliseconds.
void	setRepeats(boolean flag) Sets whether the timer repeats or is a one-shot event.
void	start() Starts the timer.
void	stop() Stops the timer.

Constructor Detail

public SwingTimer(int rate, ActionListener listener)

Creates a new timer that ticks at the specified rate. On each tick, the timer sends an ActionEvent to the listener.

Usage:

SwingTimer timer = new SwingTimer(rate, listener);

Parameters:

rate	The number of milliseconds between ticks
listener	The ActionListener receiving the events