Simulate a key held down in Java

Question

I\'m looking to simulate the action of holding a keyboard key down for a short period of time in Java. I would expect the following code to hold down the A key for 5 seconds

Answer 1

There is no keyDown event in java.lang.Robot. I tried this on my computer (testing on a console under linux instead of with notepad) and it worked, producing a string of a's. Perhaps this is just a problem with NotePad?