I am starting a JavaFX gui application from another class, namely StartClient by doing.
public class StartClient extends Application {
private Table gui;
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@Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
gui = new Table();
gui.start(stage);
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I start a Task through which I connect to a server and receive the turns assigned by the server, which I set in the gui using Platform.runLater.
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Task<Void> task = new Task<Void>() {
@Override
protected Void call() throws Exception {
connectToServer(); // connect to server, set up socket, i/o streams
Object read = inputStream.readObject();
if (read instanceof String) {
turn = //parseInt from read
Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
gui.setPlayerID(turn);
}});}}}; //end of task
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What my problem is that I want to get the move made by a player if it is their turn and send it back to the server doing something like this:
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if(networkClientID == gui.getState().getTurn()){
do {
action = Table.getAction(); //static getAction returns the move from the table if there was one
} while (action == -1);
outputStream.writeObject(action + ""); // write out turn
}
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Do i do this on background Thread (i am reading a static variable from the gui or should i do this in javaFX thread i.e. inside Platform.runLater, i have tried it, but not getting anywhere, my program is getting stuck.)
Any suggestions, help, advise welcome on how to solve this problem. Thanks!