Threading with Java Swing

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I have a swing worker which configures a serial port connection. This process takes an indeterminable time to complete, sometimes 1 minute sometimes a lot more.

My problem arises when users click a button that needs configuration data whilst the worker thread is still configuring.

I would like to know how to execute a user's request only if the worker thread has completed. Else if worker thread in still alive, I want execution to wait until worker thread has finished.

bind the button's action's enabled property to the (successful) termination of the worker, f.i. in a propertyChangeListener to the worker (as @mKorbel suggested) — kleopatra
– kleopatra, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 11:05
I got round this problem differently, the button gets data from an external system so I had to put that within another thread in the actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) of the action listener. — Lai
– Lai, Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 9:00
glad you got it working :-) Whatever you did, be sure that you access all components/properties only on the EDT. — kleopatra
– kleopatra, Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 9:04
the configuration was done on the EDT. This is a downside because it takes quite a long time to load the UI. I think I will have to live with that. It was just getting too complex for me. — Lai
– Lai, Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 10:10

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:53:24Z

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add PropertyChangeListener to SwingWorker, then you can to determine of status from SwingWorker
have to implemented get() in the SwingWorker's method done(), otherwise isn't possible to get an exeption(s) from invoked methods
depend of code but I doubt that is possible to change setting, untill current thread ended, better could be to SwingWorker#cancel() and then to restart this instance

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answered Oct 5, 2012 at 11:01

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kleopatra Over a year ago

+1 basically correct - next +10 would go for some example code (or a link to one of your examples :-)

Sebastian_H · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-05 11:00:54Z

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You could check in your buttons ActionEvent if task.isDone() - where task is your SwingWorker - and continue only if it is true. But you might want to show a popup or something, otherwise the user might get confused why nothing is happening.

Another simple solution is to expose the button and disable it while the task is running and enable it again when it's finished. Then the user can't click the button until it's ready.

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trashgod Over a year ago

Also consider allowing the button to cancel the worker, as shown here.

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