Time delay - not Thread.sleep()

[benregn]

Hi,

I need to create a time delay before I call a method.

public void brewDrink(CoffeeMachine coffeemachine) {
        try {
            coffeemachine.displayDrinkBrewing();
            Thread.sleep(7000);
            setDrinkReady(coffeemachine);
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
        }
    }

This doesn't work, the method isn't called. Any help or pointers are welcome!

[masijade]

Timer and TimerTask (java.util and not javax.swing)

[benregn]

I'm looking trough the API doc and I don't really understand how to implement it... I didn't find any really helpful tutorials, do you know about any?

[Ezzaral]

This doesn't work, the method isn't called. Any help or pointers are welcome!

What makes you think the method isn't being called? I would guess that it takes about 7 seconds for that whole method to finish - and it only updates the display after it's done.

If my guess is correct, read this thread from a couple of days ago: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread241390.html

[fortnbry]

Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);//sleep for 1000 ms

[verruckt24]

Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);//sleep for 1000 ms

Thanks that was particularly helpful, especially because the Java guys haven't put a word about it anywhere in the docs.