/** *am trying to convert the APPLET from: *http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/threads/clock.html *I could NOT get the applet code to function, plus this is good practice for me anyway *do NOT understand threads yet... * *get NO errors!, this compiles, and shows the STATIC time, but does not turn numbers like the demonstration *at above link don't know what am doing wrong * */package clock2;import java.awt.*;import java.awt.Graphics.*;import java.util.*;import java.text.DateFormat;import javax.swing.*;public class Clock2 extends JFrame implements Runnable { private Thread clockThread = null; public Clock2() { super ("Clock Threading"); setSize(150,150); setVisible( true ); show(); } public void paint(Graphics g) { super.paint( g ); //get the time and convert it to a date Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); Date date = cal.getTime(); //format it and display it DateFormat dateFormatter = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(); g.setColor( new Color( 255, 0,0 ) ); g.drawString(dateFormatter.format(date), 44, 85); } public void start() { if (clockThread == null) { clockThread = new Thread(this, "Clock"); clockThread.start(); } } public void run() { Thread myThread = Thread.currentThread(); while (clockThread == myThread) { repaint(); try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { //the VM doesnt want us to sleep anymore, //so get back to work } } } public static void main(String[] args) { Clock2 clocker = new Clock2(); clocker.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );}}//END MAIN CLASS