Timer in java using Eclipse

Question

I\'m trying to do a little program in Java using Eclipse, and I\'m a little bit lost.

Could anybody explain me (in a \"for dummies way\") what do I have to do for repain

Answer 1

you have to split that to the separete methods, better would be using javax.swing.Action instead of ActionListener

private void activateTimer(){
    myTimer = new Timer(1000, myAction);
    myTimer.start();
}

private Action myAction = new AbstractAction() {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          whatever.redraw();
    }
};