How can I keep executing work while a button is pressed?

Question

I want to keep executing work while a button is pressed, using Java. When the button is released, the work should stop. Something like this:

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Answer 1

I want to keep executing work while a button is pressed

Execute that process in another thread and then your form is not block and you can press the button to cancel or stop the execution.

see :

• How to stop threads of a Java program?
• Stop/cancel SwingWorker thread?
• Control thread through button