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    Default Updating GUI dynamically

    Hello,

    I have some problems with making my two classes communicating with each other.
    I have one class client.java that contains methodes for initializing internet connection, sending packages and listening for packages. Other class is a gui class where the connection will be started and different things can be send to server depending which button has been pressed. My problem is that i don't know how to make my client class contsantly listening for incoming data and updating it in gui.

    Thanks in advance
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    Default Re: Updating GUI dynamically

    how to make my client class constantly listening for incoming data and updating it in gui.
    "Waiting for incoming" sounds more like a Server than a Client.
    Can you describe how/why your client is waiting? Normally clients send a request and read the response.
    Does the client call a blocking method to wait for input?
    Is the waiting code in its own thread?

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    Default Re: Updating GUI dynamically

    Thanks for reply.

    Yest its a client but i want it to be in constant communication wit a server so that is why i want it to be able to recieve data from server.

    Can you describe how/why your client is waiting? Normally clients send a request and read the response.
    Oh is it?? Well yes that would actually be even better for my code. Sorry I'm quite new in all this and the way I was thinking was that server as well as client must keep listening for incoming data.

    So what you saying is that client must send a request to server in order to get data??

    Does the client call a blocking method to wait for input?
    Is the waiting code in its own thread?
    Right now it does not wait because i wasn't really sure how to do it


    So OK now, i think its sorted. I'm gonna make client sending a requests to server.

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