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Making a delay without try/catch, or having it in one function

I want to make my simple applet as least cluttered as possible. Currently all my delays are like

try
{
    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
}

but its really cluttered. I want to have some sort of function, such as

try
{
    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(Delay);
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
}

then have it get called like this somehow

delay(3)

Or, just get rid of the try/catch statement in general. Is that possible?

Solution

  • Just create a method that swallows the try/catch.

    public void timeDelay(long t) {
    try {
        Thread.sleep(t);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
}

    Anytime you want to sleep, call the method.

    public void myMethod() {
    someCodeHere();
    timeDelay(2000);
    moreCodeHere();
}