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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: javax.swing.Timer blocking program termination
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:42:46 -0400
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On 07/14/2015 11:17 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> On 7/14/2015 07:55, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> Makes perfect sense to me.
>> But I'm still not sure how a <1 sec timer keeps the EDT alive
>> while a >1 sec timer doesn't - barring explicit stops in windowClosing.
>
> Exactly!
>
Maybe posing the question at another forum with a wider readership;
<https://community.oracle.com/community/java/java_desktop> Swing or AWT
Stackoverflow
I'd be interested in hearing an explanation.
Please post back if you get it figured out.