Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.Timer; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { Timer t = new Timer(1000, new Ticker()); t.start(); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Click OK to exit program"); System.exit(0); } static class Ticker implements ActionListener { private boolean tick = true; public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { if (tick) { System.out.println("Tick..."); } else { System.out.println("Tock..."); } tick = !tick; } } }