Java tutorial
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ * * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.swt.snippets; /* * Display example snippet: stop a repeating timer when a button is pressed * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/ */ import org.eclipse.swt.*; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.*; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*; public class Snippet68 { public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Color red = display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_RED); final Color blue = display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_BLUE); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setText("Snippet 68"); shell.setLayout(new RowLayout()); Button button = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); button.setText("Stop Timer"); final Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.BORDER); label.setBackground(red); final int time = 500; final Runnable timer = new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { if (label.isDisposed()) return; Color color = label.getBackground().equals(red) ? blue : red; label.setBackground(color); display.timerExec(time, this); } }; display.timerExec(time, timer); button.addListener(SWT.Selection, event -> display.timerExec(-1, timer)); button.pack(); label.setLayoutData(new RowData(button.getSize())); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }