Flush pending AWT events programmatically

Hello, everybody.
Is there a way to flush pending AWT events programmatically? I would like to be able to use it in a code like this:
if (comp.requestFocusInWindow())
    // flush pending AWT events...
    KeyboardFocusManager focusManager = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager();
    if (focusManager.getPermanentFocusOwner() == comp)
        // do something...
}Thank you.
Marcos
PS: I know I can use a FocusListener in comp, but it is not an option in my case.

Maxideon wrote:
You can get to the system EvenQueue and pending AWTEvents with,
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue()As of java 7, there's a method called #createSecondaryLoop that might be morphed into the kind of functionality you want. I'm basing this off the api description. I have not tried using the method myself.Thank you for the suggestion, Maxideon. I'm using now the solution in this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15451907/flush-pending-awt-events-programmatically
Marcos

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