I am trying to make a small programm which clicks the left mouse button in a certain intervall, for a certain time. The only problem I just can't solve is to be able to stop the loop whenever I want, even before the timer runs out. I have found out that one should run the loop in a worker thread, and that my stop button should interrupt that thread somehow, but I just can't manage it. I hope you can help me with some code.
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.*;
public class KeyRepeater_v2 extends javax.swing.JFrame {
Robot robot;
boolean stop;
double time;
double time_milli;
public KeyRepeater_v2() throws AWTException {
this.robot = new Robot();
initComponents();
}
/**
* This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
* regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jButton1.setText("Start");
jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jButton2.setText("Stop");
jButton2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton2ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jTextField1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jTextField1ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jLabel1.setText("Timer");
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 137, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(jButton2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 57, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addComponent(jLabel1))
.addContainerGap())
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(41, 41, 41)
.addComponent(jLabel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jButton2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
.addComponent(jButton1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addContainerGap())
);
pack();
}// </editor-fold>
private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
stop = true;
//setFocusable (true);
//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, stop, "Test Titel", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
}
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
stop = false;
robot.delay(5000); //in milliseconds
do {
leftClick();
robot.delay(1500);
time_milli = time_milli - 1700;
} while (time_milli > 0);
}
private void jTextField1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
time = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
//System.out.print(time);
time_milli = time * 1000;
}
/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args[]) throws AWTException {
/* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
//<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
/* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
* For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
*/
try {
for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
break;
}
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(KeyRepeater_v2.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(KeyRepeater_v2.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(KeyRepeater_v2.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(KeyRepeater_v2.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
//</editor-fold>
/* Create and display the form */
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
try {
new KeyRepeater_v2().setVisible(true);
} catch (AWTException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(KeyRepeater_v2.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
});
}
private void leftClick() {
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(100);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(100);
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
// End of variables declaration
}
Quite some code was generated by netbeans... I don't really know how to make a new thread, and I don't know how to make my textfield (for the timer) and my buttons communicate with the thread either..... Really hope you can help me :D
I wanna thank everyone very much for taking time to give me tips. I have now solved my problem and will post my code, in case someone else encounters a similar problem. Each part is a separate java class. The timer is not very accurate, right now the mouseclicks are set about 2 seconds apart. The code may not be very elegant, but at least it works :D
Brief summary of what it does:
After hitting the start-button the programme will wait 5 seconds, then perform left-mouse-click every two seconds, until the specified duration has passed or the user klicks the stop-button.
Part 1 of 2:
package Package_main;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Main_Class extends javax.swing.JFrame {
public static void main (String [] args) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new Main_Class().setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public Main_Class() {
initComponents();
}
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
private org.jdesktop.beansbinding.BindingGroup bindingGroup;
private void initComponents() {
java.awt.GridBagConstraints gridBagConstraints;
bindingGroup = new org.jdesktop.beansbinding.BindingGroup();
setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 0, 12)); // NOI18N
setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(325, 106));
setSize(getPreferredSize());
org.jdesktop.beansbinding.Binding binding = org.jdesktop.beansbinding.Bindings.createAutoBinding(org.jdesktop.beansbinding.AutoBinding.UpdateStrategy.READ_WRITE, this, org.jdesktop.beansbinding.ELProperty.create("${VK_ESCAPE}"), this, org.jdesktop.beansbinding.BeanProperty.create("defaultCloseOperation"));
bindingGroup.addBinding(binding);
getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());
jButton1.setText("Start");
jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
try {
jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
} catch (AWTException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Main_Class.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
});
gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
gridBagConstraints.gridx = 2;
gridBagConstraints.gridy = 1;
gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(6, 18, 11, 0);
getContentPane().add(jButton1, gridBagConstraints);
jButton2.setText("Stop");
jButton2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton2ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
gridBagConstraints.gridx = 3;
gridBagConstraints.gridy = 1;
gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 2;
gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(6, 18, 11, 10);
getContentPane().add(jButton2, gridBagConstraints);
jTextField1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jTextField1ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
gridBagConstraints.gridy = 1;
gridBagConstraints.gridwidth = 2;
gridBagConstraints.ipadx = 131;
gridBagConstraints.ipady = 3;
gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(6, 10, 11, 0);
getContentPane().add(jTextField1, gridBagConstraints);
jLabel1.setText("Timer (in seconds)");
gridBagConstraints = new java.awt.GridBagConstraints();
gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
gridBagConstraints.gridy = 0;
gridBagConstraints.anchor = java.awt.GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
gridBagConstraints.insets = new java.awt.Insets(11, 10, 0, 0);
getContentPane().add(jLabel1, gridBagConstraints);
bindingGroup.bind();
pack();
}
double time;
double time_milli;
private void jTextField1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
time = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
System.out.println(time);
time_milli = time * 1000;
}
Worker_Thread wt;
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) throws AWTException {
time = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
System.out.println(time);
time_milli = time * 1000;
wt = new Worker_Thread(time_milli);
new Thread(wt).start();
}
private void jButton2ActionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
wt.stop=true;
System.out.println("stopped");
}
}
Part 2 of 2 (worker thread):
package Package_main;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class Worker_Thread extends Thread {
volatile boolean stop;
double time_milli;
Robot robot;
public Worker_Thread (double t) {
time_milli = t;
}
public void run() {
try {
this.robot = new Robot();
} catch (AWTException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Worker_Thread.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
stop = false;
robot.delay(5000); //in milliseconds
do {
leftClick();
robot.delay(1800);
time_milli = time_milli - 2000;
System.out.println(time_milli);
} while (time_milli > 0 && (!stop));
}
private void leftClick() {
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(100);
robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
robot.delay(100);
}
}