AnimatedLoadingFrame.java

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package deploy.JND;

/**
 *
 * @author Will
 */


public class AnimatedLoadingFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    private int state = 0;
    private Runnable myTimer = new Runnable(){
            public void run() {
                while(true){
                   try{
                       Thread.sleep(1000);
                       updateText();
                   }catch(Exception e){
                       e.printStackTrace();
                   }
                }
            }
        };

    private Thread timerThread;

    public void updateText(){
        switch(state){
            case 0:
                this.jLabel1.setText("Loading.");
                state = 1;
                break;
            case 1:
                this.jLabel1.setText("Loading..");
                state = 2;
                break;
            case 2:
                this.jLabel1.setText("Loading...");
                state = 0;
                break;
            default:
                state = 0;
                break;
        }
    }

    /** Creates new form AnimatedLoadingFrame */
    public AnimatedLoadingFrame() {
        initComponents();
        timerThread = new Thread(myTimer);
        this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        this.startAnimation();
    }

    public void startAnimation(){
        if(!timerThread.isAlive()){
            timerThread.setDaemon(true);
            timerThread.start();
        }
    }
    

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {

        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setAlwaysOnTop(true);
        setResizable(false);
        setUndecorated(true);

        jPanel1.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        jPanel1.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createLineBorder(new java.awt.Color(0, 0, 0)));

        jLabel1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 0, 18)); // NOI18N
        jLabel1.setText("Loading...");

        org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .add(jLabel1)
                .addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .add(jLabel1)
                .addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents

    /**
    * @param args the command line arguments
    */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                AnimatedLoadingFrame myFrame = new AnimatedLoadingFrame();
                myFrame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables

}