/** Starts the {@link UserAction} and updates the action label. */
private void startAction(final UserAction action) {
if (action.canStart()) {
// System.out.println("Starting: " + action.getActionName());
// show the action name
String txt = "Action: " + action.getActionName() + " ";
tool.setOutputText(txt);
// run this later to let the above output be painted to the GUI first
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// call actionPerformed() instead of startAction() to fire the events
action.actionPerformed(new ActionEvent(action, 0, action.getActionName()));
// clear the output after 1 second
tool.clearOutputText(1000);
}
});
}
}
