SwingUtilities.invokeLater

java multithreading swing awt event-dispatch-thread
FadelMS picture FadelMS · Aug 25, 2011 · Viewed 34k times · Source

My question is related to SwingUtilities.invokeLater. When should I use it? Do I have to use each time I need to update the GUI components? What does it exactly do? Is there an alternative to it since it doesn't sound intuitive and adds seemingly unnecessary code?

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aioobe picture aioobe · Aug 25, 2011

Do I have to use each time I need to update the GUI components?

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