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POHow do I wait for a SwingWorker's doInBackground() method?
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copied!<p>Say I have the following code:</p> <pre><code>import java.lang.InterruptedException; import javax.swing.SwingWorker; public class Test { private JDialog window; public Test { // instantiate window } private class Task extends SwingWorker<Void, Void> { public Void doInBackground() { try { Thread.currentThread().sleep(5000); } catch(InterruptedException e) {} return null; } } public void doTask() { Task task = new Task(); task.execute(); } protected void process() { // update various GUI components here } public static void main(String args[]) { Test t = new Test(); t.doTask(); System.out.println("done"); } } </code></pre> <p>I need to wait until <code>t.doTask()</code> is done before printing out 'done', but I'm not sure exactly how. I know I should probably use <code>join()</code> here, but I need a thread to call it on, and I don't know how to get <code>doInBackground()</code>'s thread from where I need to call <code>join()</code>. Thanks for any help.</p> <hr> <p>EDIT: Thanks for the responses. Unfortunately, <code>get()</code> and the like don't quite solve the problem. In my actual code, the SwingWorker also has an overridden <code>process()</code> function that updates a GUI window while the background thread is running. <code>get()</code> does stop 'done' from being printed till after <code>doInBackground</code>, but then the GUI doesn't update. I updated my sample code to reflect this, although now of course it won't compile. </p> <p>Is there a way to get 'done' to print only once <code>doInBackground</code> is finished? Are the GUI update code and the 'done' statement on the same thread? Do I need to make a new thread?</p>

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