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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 22:18:56 -0400
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On 07/13/2015 07:03 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> So I have this program that uses a couple of javax.swing.Timers.  I
> forgot to put in code to stop one of the timers yet the program would
> still terminate.  I have set the default close operation for the frame
> to be DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE.
>
> What I found was that a timer of less the 1000ms would prevent an
> application based on a JFrame from stopping but 1000ms or more and it
> would stop just fine.
>
Maybe it's a feature.
Doctor, it hurts when I do this.