Create one repeating timer (every 500 ms)
/* * Display example snippet: create one repeating timer (every 500 ms) * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet16 { public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); final int time = 500; Runnable timer = new Runnable() { public void run() { Point point = display.getCursorLocation(); Rectangle rect = shell.getBounds(); if (rect.contains(point)) { System.out.println("In"); } else { System.out.println("Out"); } display.timerExec(time, this); } }; display.timerExec(time, timer); shell.setSize(200, 200); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }