[ANN] Foxtrot 1.2 Released

Question

Hi,
Foxtrot release 1.2 has been released, now compatible with JDK 1.3 and superior and with Java Web Start.
Foxtrot is a new and powerful API to use threads in your Swing applications in a very simple and intuitive way.
Your application will gain in code readability, exception handling and code simmetry, and will become snappier than ever !
Go check it out at http://foxtrot.sourceforge.net !
Simon

Answer 1

I understand what Foxtrot does.
But would you mind telling me why something as simple as this won't do?import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class EventDispatchThread2 extends Thread
    EventQueue eventQueue;
    Method method;
    Object[] event = new Object[1];
    public EventDispatchThread2()
        try
            eventQueue = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue();
            method = EventQueue.class.getDeclaredMethod("dispatchEvent", new Class[] { AWTEvent.class });
            method.setAccessible(true);
        catch (Exception ex)
            ex.printStackTrace();
    public void run()
        try
            for (;;)
                event[0] = eventQueue.getNextEvent();
                System.out.println("Pumping event " + event[0]);
                method.invoke(eventQueue, event);
        catch (Exception ex) { System.err.println(ex); }
    static int count = 0;
    public static void main(String[] arg)
        final JLabel label = new JLabel();
        final JButton button = new JButton("0");
        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev)
                label.setText("Counting...");
                EventDispatchThread2 thread = new EventDispatchThread2();
                thread.start();
                Thread thread2 = new Thread()
                    public void run()
                        try
                            for (;;)
                                button.setText(String.valueOf(++count));
                                sleep(200);
                        catch (Exception ex) { }
                thread2.start();
                try { Thread.sleep(5000); }
                catch (Exception ex) { }
                thread2.interrupt();
                thread.interrupt();
                label.setText("Stopped");
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("EventDispatchThread2 Test");
        frame.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 100, 200);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.show();