Tom HawtinThomas Hawtin's WeblogStop the EDT, I want to get off.- November 28, 2005 It used to be considered the height of sophistication for Swing code to eagerly construct GUI components in the background, so that they could be displayed without delay when required. The argument that it takes significant time to construct components is no longer valid. You may still wish to load any external data in the background. Even do some work between mouse down and mouse pressed. In the age of well optimised JVMs and desktop processors with multiple hardware threads, threading...http://www.jroller.com/tackline/entry/stop_the_edt_i_want |