Swing Threading 101: An Introduction to the Event Dispatch Thread
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Threading is a core concept that is always a puzzle to beginning Swing developers. This is probably because nothing in the API forces you to actually consider how threading affects your applications. As an application develops, threads are introduced to handle varying issues. If this is not done properly, the threads themselves create problems. This presentation explains the threading model of Swing. Then it discusses the structured threading solutions of SwingWorker, Foxtrot, and Spin. Finally, it covers how to detect incorrect thread usage in Swing with a custom repaint manager.

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