Example
In the ActionListener attached to a javax.swing.Timer, you can keep track of the number of times the Timer executed the ActionListener. Once the required number of times is reached, you can use the Timer#stop() method to stop the Timer.
Timer timer = new Timer( delay, new ActionListener() {
private int counter = 0;
@Override
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e ) {
counter++;//keep track of the number of times the Timer executed
label.setText( counter + "" );
if ( counter == 5 ){
( ( Timer ) e.getSource() ).stop();
}
}
});
A complete runnable example which uses this Timer is given below: it shows a UI where the text of the label will count from zero to five. Once five is reached, the Timer is stopped.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public final class RepeatFixedNumberOfTimes {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
EventQueue.invokeLater( () -> showUI() );
}
private static void showUI(){
JFrame frame = new JFrame( "Repeated fixed number of times example" );
JLabel label = new JLabel( "0" );
int delay = 2000;
Timer timer = new Timer( delay, new ActionListener() {
private int counter = 0;
@Override
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e ) {
counter++;//keep track of the number of times the Timer executed
label.setText( counter + "" );
if ( counter == 5 ){
//stop the Timer when we reach 5
( ( Timer ) e.getSource() ).stop();
}
}
});
timer.setInitialDelay( delay );
timer.start();
frame.add( label, BorderLayout.CENTER );
frame.pack();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
frame.setVisible( true );
}
}
