// Fig. 15.12: UpdateThread.java
// Class for updating JTextArea with output.

// Java extension packages
import javax.swing.*;

public class UpdateThread extends Thread {
   private JTextArea outputArea;
   private String messageToOutput;
  
   // initialize outputArea and message
   public UpdateThread( JTextArea output, String message )
   {
      outputArea = output;
      messageToOutput = message;
   }

   // method called to update outputArea
   public void run()
   {
      outputArea.append( messageToOutput );
   }

}  // end class UpdateThread


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