How to delay output in Java

Question

Hi,
I have the following code in my program:
output.println (" This is a test " ) ;
When I run the program, the string, "This is a test", will be displayed on the screen at one time. However what I want is that the first char "T" is displayed first and then after, let say, 1 sec, the second char "h" is displayed and so on.
Could you please advise how this can be done?
Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards,
Jackie

Answer 1

Could you please advise how this can be done?Sure, simply build a, say, LazyBonesOutputStream:public class LazyBonesOutputStream {
   private OutputStream sink;
   private int millis;
   public LazyBonesOutputStream(OutputStream sink, int millis) {
      this.sink= sink;
      this.millis= millis;
   public void write(int b) throws IOException {
      try {
         Thread.sleep(millis);
      catch (InterruptedException ie) { /* muffle */ }
      sink.write(b);
}wrap this one up in a PrintStream and use System.out as its sink.
kind regards,
Jos