Stopping thread

Hi Christopher,

Study this little example:

/*
 * TimerDemo.java
 */
import java.util.*;

public class TimerDemo {
   
    /** Creates a new instance of TimerDemo */
    public TimerDemo() {
       
        System.out.println(new Date());
        (new Timer()).schedule(new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                System.out.println("Hello! 5 seconds elapsed.");
                System.out.println(new Date());
                System.exit(0);
            }
        }, 5000);
    }
   
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TimerDemo();
    }
}

The output is:

Fri May 14 22:04:23 CEST 2004
Hello! 5 seconds elapsed.
Fri May 14 22:04:28 CEST 2004


I think that's the solution of your problem:

b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          {
              b1.setEnabled(false);
              b2.setEnabled(true);
              captureAudio();
              (new Timer()).schedule(new TimerTask() {
                   public void run() {
                        b2.doClick();         // <<<<<<<<<<< This presses the Stop button programmatically after 2 seconds
                   }
              }, 2000);

          }
});

So, when they press "capture", the capturing starts. After X seconds the stop button is programmatically pressed, so the capturing is stopped.

When the user really presses "Stop" you have to cancel the timer.

final JButton b1 = new JButton("Capture");
final JButton b2 = new JButton("   Stop   ");

Timer timer = new Timer();

b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          {
              b1.setEnabled(false);
              b2.setEnabled(true);
              captureAudio();
              timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
                   public void run() {
                        b2.doClick();
                   }
              }, 2000);

          }
});

b2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            timer.cancel();         // <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            b1.setEnabled(true);
            targetDataLine.stop();
            targetDataLine.close();
         }
});

> local variable fileType is accessed from within inner class; needs to be declared final

Then declare the object final like :

final JButton b2 = new JButton(" Stop ");

b1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          {
              b1.setEnabled(false);
              b2.setEnabled(true);
              captureAudio();
              (new Timer()).schedule(new TimerTask() {
                   public void run() {
                        b2.doClick();         // <<<<<<<<<<< This presses the Stop button programmatically after 2 seconds
                   }
              }, 2000);

          }
});

Hi Christopher,

I read your Q times and times again...
I'm not able to get what you mean.

>> I need to be able to have the  Thread.sleep(2000); stop after the 2000, continues to run until the stop button is pressed.
That isn't an good english sentence, is it?
>> In other words the recording continues until the stop button is press.
So, that's how it is now.you have to press the button manually to stop the recording. Right?
>> What is need is that it stops inself after the clock gets to the number example (2000) from above
So, you want the recording to stop after 2 seconds. In another case after 2,5 seconds. And so on, till 15 seconds. Right?
Well, that's what my code does.

But apparently you want something else?
What?