Applet Thread Example

In this tutorial, we show you on how to display system time using thread method in java language.
Requirements:

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Code snippet:

import java.awt.*;

import java.applet.*;

import java.util.Date;

public class ThreadExample extends Applet implements Runnable

{

Thread clockThread;

TextField clockField;

Date date;

boolean running = true;

public void init()

{

setLayout(new BorderLayout());

clockField = new TextField();

add(clockField,"Center");

clockThread= new Thread(this);

clockThread.start();

}

public void destroy()

{

running = false;

clockThread = null;

}

public void run()

{

while (running)

{

date = new Date();

String time = date.~~getHours~~()+":"+date.~~getMinutes~~()+":"+date.~~getSeconds~~();

clockField.setText(time);

try

{

clockThread.sleep(500);

}

catch (InterruptedException e)

{

System.out.println(e);

}

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