How to make a Timer that waits one second & then continues on with program?

Question

How could I create a timer that is compatible in a JFrane/JPanel oriented program where it just waits 1 second, and then continues on with the rest of the code?

I do not want to use Thread.sleep(); since it is causing problems for me.

Answer 1

For this kind of tasks you can use javax.swing.Timer. It integrates with the Event Dispatching Thread (EDT).