Java tutorial
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JProgressBar; import javax.swing.SwingWorker; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JProgressBar pb = new JProgressBar(0, 100); ReadFileWorker worker = new ReadFileWorker(); worker.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() { @Override public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) { if ("progress".equalsIgnoreCase(evt.getPropertyName())) { pb.setValue(worker.getProgress()); } } }); JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.add(pb); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); worker.execute(); } } class ReadFileWorker extends SwingWorker<List<String>, String> { @Override protected List<String> doInBackground() throws Exception { List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>(25); File textFile = new File("c:/Java_Dev/run.bat"); long byteLength = textFile.length(); System.out.println("Reading " + byteLength + " bytes..."); try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(textFile)) { byte[] content = new byte[1024]; int bytesRead = -1; long totalBytes = 0; while ((bytesRead = is.read(content)) != -1) { totalBytes += bytesRead; setProgress(Math.round(((float) totalBytes / (float) byteLength) * 100f)); String text = new String(content); lines.add(text); publish(text); Thread.sleep(1000); } System.out.println("Read " + totalBytes + " bytes..."); System.out.println("Read " + lines.size() + " lines..."); } return lines; } @Override protected void done() { try { List<String> lines = get(); System.out.println(lines); } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }