Example usage for java.awt EventQueue postEvent

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.awt EventQueue postEvent.

Prototype

public void postEvent(AWTEvent theEvent) 

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Posts a 1.1-style event to the EventQueue .

Usage

From source file:Main.java

private static void dispatchEventsUntilNow() {
    if (java.awt.EventQueue.isDispatchThread() && !isDispatching) {
        isDispatching = true;/*from  ww  w .ja  v a  2 s  . c om*/
        try {
            int handled = 0;
            java.awt.EventQueue eventQ = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue();
            class StopEvent extends AWTEvent {
                StopEvent() {
                    super(new Object(), 0);
                }
            }
            eventQ.postEvent(new StopEvent());
            while (true) {
                try {
                    AWTEvent event = eventQ.getNextEvent();
                    if (event instanceof StopEvent) {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (event instanceof ActiveEvent) {
                        ((ActiveEvent) event).dispatch();
                    } else {
                        Object source = event.getSource();
                        if (source instanceof Component) {
                            Component comp = (Component) source;
                            comp.dispatchEvent(event);
                        }
                    }
                    handled++;
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    //hmm
                }
            }
            //            Debug.trace("####dispatchEventsUntilNow handeld "+(handled)+" events");
        } finally {
            isDispatching = false;
        }
    }
}

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