I want to have a clock showing current time and refreshes every second. The code I am using is:
int timeDelay = 1000;
ActionListener time;
time = new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            timeLabel.setText(DateTimeUtil.getTime()); 
            /*timeLabel is a JLabel to display time,
            getTime() is samll static methos to return formatted String of current time */
        }
    };
SwingWorker timeWorker = new SwingWorker() {
        @Override
        protected Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
            new Timer(timeDelay, time).start();
            return null;
        }
    };
timeWorker.execute();
What I want to refresh the timeLabel text in another thread other than EDT.
Am I doing it correct? Any other better way?
Also for information, i've added timeLabel to a extendedJPanel which contains few similar kinds of utilities, and is called in another MainJFrame.
You can do this without a SwingWorker, because this is what the Swing Timer is made for.
int timeDelay = 1000;
ActionListener time;
time = new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        timeLabel.setText(DateTimeUtil.getTime()); 
        /* timeLabel is a JLabel to display time,
           getTime() is samll static methos to return 
           formatted String of current time */
    }
};
new Timer(timeDelay, time).start();
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