links: – https://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexfromsun/archive/2006/02/debugging_swing.html – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11825281/java-swing-running-on-edt – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7896723/how-do-you-use-the-event-dispatch-thread summary: – use code to detect misuse of EDT – AspectJ needed – …
links: – https://weblogs.java.net/blog/kgh/archive/2004/10/multithreaded_t.html summary: – input event processing runs in opposite direction to GUI activity causing deadlock / race condition …
links: – http://www.coderanch.com/t/333435/GUI/java/Whats-exact-difference-paint-repaint – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1097366/java-swing-revalidate-vs-repaint summary: – repaint: repaint itself no layout no new child component – revalidate: layout change …
links: – http://blue-walrus.com/2011/05/advanced-swing-multithreading-tutorial/ summary: – in actionPerformed start a separate thread (without this would hang EDT) – from that separate …
link: – http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/architecture-142923.html summary: – according to sun/oracle, swing is _not_ exactly MVC – but a separable model architecture – …
links: – http://blue-walrus.com/2011/07/swing-and-design-patterns-part-1-decorator-pattern/ summarys: – suggested patterns to code GUI to be manageable
links: – http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/patterns/strategydecorator.html – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/496233/what-are-your-best-swing-design-patterns-and-tips examples: – strategy: Layout on Panel – composite: Component contains other Components – observer: Observer/Observable, …
links: – http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2011/09/invokeandwait-invokelater-swing-example.html summary: – swing is _not_ threadsafe – GUI updated thru event dispatch thread (EDT) – InvokeLater = …
