//: ColorBoxes.java //: From Bruce Eckel, Thinking in Java, Prentice-Hall, 1998, //: http://www.bruceeckel.com. // Using the Runnable interface to create a thread import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; class CBox extends Canvas implements Runnable { private Thread t; private int pause; private static final Color[] colors = { Color.black, Color.blue, Color.cyan, Color.darkGray, Color.gray, Color.green, Color.lightGray, Color.magenta, Color.orange, Color.pink, Color.red, Color.white, Color.yellow }; private Color cColor = newColor(); private static final Color newColor() { return colors[ (int)(Math.random() * colors.length) ]; } public void paint(Graphics g) { g.setColor(cColor); Dimension s = getSize(); g.fillRect(0, 0, s.width, s.height); } public CBox(int pause) { this.pause = pause; t = new Thread(this); t.start(); } public void run() { while(true) { cColor = newColor(); repaint(); try { t.sleep(pause); } catch(InterruptedException e) {} } } } public class ColorBoxes extends Frame { public ColorBoxes(int pause, int grid) { setTitle("ColorBoxes"); setLayout(new GridLayout(grid, grid)); for (int i = 0; i < grid * grid; i++) add(new CBox(pause)); addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } }); } public static void main(String[] args) { int pause = 50; int grid = 8; if(args.length > 0) pause = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); if(args.length > 1) grid = Integer.parseInt(args[1]); Frame f = new ColorBoxes(pause, grid); f.setSize(500, 400); f.setVisible(true); } } ///: