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The Robot class provides a generic solution for dealing with asynchronous updates to the UI with the Robot.wait(Condition,long,int) method. This allows the testing thread to pause until a given component of data value in a component is ready.

NOTE: Only use event queue synchronization (e.g. Robot.invokeAndWait(Runnable) or Robot.waitForIdle() when a subsequent robot-level action is being applied to the results of a prior action (e.g. focus, deiconify, menu selection). Otherwise, don't introduce a mandatory delay (e.g. use Robot.invokeLater(Runnable) ).

NOTE: If a robot action isn't reproduced properly, you may need to introduce either additional events or extra delay. Adding enforced delay for a given platform is usually preferable to generating additional events, so always try that first, but be sure to restrict it to the platform in question.

NOTE: Robot actions should never be invoked on the event dispatch thread.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mousePress(Component,int,int) instead.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mousePress(Component,int,int,int) instead.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mouseMove(Component,int,int) , Robot.mouseRelease() instead.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mousePress(Component,int,int) instead.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mousePress(Component,int,int,int) instead.

This method is tuned for native drag/drop operations, so if you get odd behavior, you might try using a simple Robot.mouseMove(Component,int,int) , Robot.mouseRelease() instead.

Take for example the simple case of trying to select an item in a list. If the model for this list is populate asynchronously then you may need to poll the list for a given amount of time until the item appears. This is very common in an application that contains many long running tasks.

A general solution to the problem can be seen in this pseudo code:

 wait(new Condition()
 {
 public boolean test()
 {
 return whether the ui element is avaliable
 }
 });
 performAction(ui element);
 

If you are writing a tester method then it is a good idea to use a standard timeout such as Robot.componentDelay to ensure they are consistently handled accross different testers.
throws:
  WaitTimedOutError - if the timeout is exceeded.