how does a swing timer work?

Question

hello i am having trouble trying to understand swing timers. to help me could someone show me a simple flickering animation? i have looked arround on the internet but still

Answer 1

maybe this would help:

public class object{
Color color = Color.GREEN;
Timer timer;
public object() {

timer = null;
timer = new Timer(5000, new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (color.equals(Color.GREEN)) {
            color = Color.RED;
            timer.setDelay(2000);
        } else {
            color = Color.GREEN;
            timer.setDelay(8000);
        }
        repaint();
    }
});
timer.start();}}