Execute LATER the given runnable code dedicated to Swing using the Event Dispatcher Thread (EDT) - Java Swing

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Execute LATER the given runnable code dedicated to Swing using the Event Dispatcher Thread (EDT)

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;

public class Main {
    /**//w w  w .  ja  v  a 2  s  .c  o  m
     * Execute LATER the given runnable code dedicated to Swing using the Event Dispatcher Thread (EDT)
     * @param runnable runnable code dedicated to Swing
     */
    public static void invokeLaterEDT(final Runnable runnable) {
        // current Thread is NOT EDT, simply invoke later runnable using EDT:
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(runnable);
    }
}

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