Java Window flashMessage(final Window parent, String string)

Description

flash Message

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void flashMessage(final Window parent, String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dialog.ModalExclusionType;

import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Window;

import javax.swing.JDialog;

import javax.swing.JLabel;

import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;

public class Main {
    public static void flashMessage(final Window parent, String string) {
        flashMessage(parent, string, Color.WHITE, Color.BLACK, 1000);
    }/*from  w  w  w  .ja v a  2  s  . co m*/

    public static void flashMessage(final Window parent, String string,
            Color background, Color foreground, final long howLong) {
        final int fontSize = 20;
        final JLabel label = new JLabel(string);
        final JDialog dialog = new JDialog(parent);
        dialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        dialog.setModalExclusionType(ModalExclusionType.NO_EXCLUDE);
        label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(fontSize));
        label.setBackground(background);
        label.setForeground(foreground);
        label.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
        dialog.getRootPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        dialog.getRootPane().add(label);
        final Point point = parent.getLocation();
        dialog.setLocation(point.x + parent.getHeight() / 2, point.y
                + parent.getWidth() / 2);
        dialog.setSize(fontSize * string.length() * 6 / 10, fontSize);
        dialog.setUndecorated(true);
        dialog.setVisible(true);
        dialog.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
        parent.requestFocus();
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(howLong);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                }
                dialog.dispose();
            }
        });
    }
}

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