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// Blinking Neon Light by Mattias Flodin

//



import java.awt.Graphics;

import java.awt.Image;

import java.lang.Math;



public class BlinkItem extends java.applet.Applet implements Runnable {

        Image imPic[];          // An array that holds the two images

        int iPicIndex=0;        // Keeps track of which image is displayed

        Thread kicker;



        public void init() {

                // *Always* resize, in case the HTML author forgot to

                // include WIDTH and HEIGHT tags

                resize(512,243);

                }



        public void Paint(Graphics g) {

                update(g);

                }



        // Using the update method will get rid of some flickering

        public void update(Graphics g) {



                // Display an error message if something

                // unexpected has happened to the images

                if(imPic[iPicIndex]==null)

                        g.drawString("Error when loading picture", 0, 172);



                // Draw the current image

                g.drawImage(imPic[iPicIndex],0,0, this);

                }



        public void start() {

                if(kicker == null) {    // If no thread is started yet

                        kicker=new Thread(this);        // then create one

                        kicker.start();                 // and start it

                        }

                }



        public void stop() {

                kicker=null;

                }

        

        public void run() {

                imPic=new Image[2];     // Dimension the image array



                // Load the two images in our 'animation'

                imPic[0]=getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/Homepage1.gif");

                imPic[1]=getImage(getCodeBase(), "images/Homepage2.gif");



                for(;;) {               // Loop forever

                        repaint();      // Redraw the window

                        iPicIndex=iPicIndex==0 ? 1 : 0;   // Switch image



                        // The sleep method below might be interrupted

                        // and cause an InterruptedException, so we'll

                        // have to catch it.

                        try {

                                // Wait for a random amount of time

                                Thread.sleep( (int) (Math.random()*500));

                                } catch (InterruptedException e){}

                        }

                }

        }