Here you can find the source of pause(double seconds)
public static void pause(double seconds)
//package com.java2s; /****************************************************************************************** * COPYRIGHT: * * Universitat Politecnica de Valencia 2013 * * Camino de Vera, s/n * * 46022 Valencia, Spain * * www.upv.es * * * * D I S C L A I M E R: * * This software has been developed by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) * * in the context of the european funded FITTEST project (contract number ICT257574) * * of which the UPV is the coordinator. As the sole developer of this source code, * * following the signed FITTEST Consortium Agreement, the UPV should decide upon an * * appropriate license under which the source code will be distributed after termination * * of the project. Until this time, this code can be used by the partners of the * * FITTEST project for executing the tasks that are outlined in the Description of Work * * (DoW) that is annexed to the contract with the EU. * * * * Although it has already been decided that this code will be distributed under an open * * source license, the exact license has not been decided upon and will be announced * * before the end of the project. Beware of any restrictions regarding the use of this * * work that might arise from the open source license it might fall under! It is the * * UPV's intention to make this work accessible, free of any charge. * *****************************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static void pause(double seconds) { if (seconds <= 0) return; //try {//from w w w.j ava2 s . c om // Thread.sleep(Math.round(seconds * 1000.0)); //} catch (InterruptedException e) { // throw new RuntimeException(e); //} // begin by urueda long sleepT, waitUntil = System.currentTimeMillis() + Math.round(seconds * 1000.0); do { sleepT = waitUntil - System.currentTimeMillis(); if (sleepT > 0) { try { Thread.sleep(sleepT); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } while (sleepT > 0); // end by urueda } }