Mega Code Archive
User interface responsiveness
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// : c13:ResponsiveUI.java
// User interface responsiveness.
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
class UnresponsiveUI {
private volatile double d = 1;
public UnresponsiveUI() throws Exception {
while (d > 0)
d = d + (Math.PI + Math.E) / d;
System.in.read(); // Never gets here
}
}
public class ResponsiveUI extends Thread {
private static volatile double d = 1;
public ResponsiveUI() {
setDaemon(true);
start();
}
public void run() {
while (true) {
d = d + (Math.PI + Math.E) / d;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
//! new UnresponsiveUI(); // Must kill this process
new ResponsiveUI();
Thread.sleep(300);
System.in.read(); // 'monitor' provides input
System.out.println(d); // Shows progress
}
} ///:~
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