How come this sound only plays once?

Question

Here is a program that illustrates what I am doing:
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;
public class soundApp extends JFrame
    JButton button;                
    Clip clip;
    public soundApp()
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setSize(300,300);
        File file = new File("tada.wav"); 
        try
            AudioInputStream audiosource = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file);
            DataLine.Info info =
                new DataLine.Info(Clip.class, audiosource.getFormat());
            clip = (Clip)AudioSystem.getLine(info);  
            clip.open(audiosource);
        catch(UnsupportedAudioFileException e){}
        catch(LineUnavailableException e){}
        catch(IOException e){}
        button = new JButton("Play sound");
        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            if(e.getActionCommand().equals("Play sound"))
                clip.start();   //HERE IS WHERE I START IT....sorry for caps.
        Container contentpane = getContentPane();
        contentpane.add(button);
        setVisible(true);
  public static void main(String[] args)
      soundApp soundapp = new soundApp();
}How come the clip only plays once?

Answer 1

well the answer is simple, because once the clip will stop the sound will stop too. you have not used any loop or anything that shows that the clip should go on forever. you can give some condition like play the clip unless some other button is pressed or some othe action is performed or so on. just use while or any or iterative or conditional statement to get your ay out.