Loading files asynchronously using SwingWorker: method communication proble

Question

In my GUI app I have two methods load() and parse() that handle correspondingly reading from file operation and parsing that file into my internal data structure. load() method makes use of SwingWorker class and therefore once I enter SwingWorker#done() i must somehow call parse() method. I can not do it from SwingWorker#done() directly because this is logically wrong to call parse form load
So can you give me some advice on what is best way to call parse()?

Answer 1

Move calls of load() and parse() into SwingWorker#done()I think you need to read the SwingWorker documentation again, and more carefully.
-- doInBackground is executed on a Worker thread
-- done is executed on the EDT.
Neither your load nor parse calls should be executed on the EDT, so put them in doInBackground.
done will be automatically invoked when doInBackground returns, and is the right place to include code for updating the GUI when the background process is completed.
luck, db