From: James Procter <j.procter@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 11:31:19 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-4153 avoid use of invokeAndWait, increase wait time and add timeout for the cache... 
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_3_0~3^2~33
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b72ed01b68a8572022f912687db5be60b53c15cf

JAL-4153 avoid use of invokeAndWait, increase wait time and add timeout for the cache update test
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diff --git a/test/jalview/io/cache/JvCacheableInputBoxTest.java b/test/jalview/io/cache/JvCacheableInputBoxTest.java
index 5f9af25..ce34044 100644
--- a/test/jalview/io/cache/JvCacheableInputBoxTest.java
+++ b/test/jalview/io/cache/JvCacheableInputBoxTest.java
@@ -84,24 +84,28 @@ public class JvCacheableInputBoxTest
     cacheBox.addItem(testInput);
     cacheBox.setSelectedItem(testInput);
     cacheBox.updateCache();
-
-    try
+    boolean done[]=new boolean[] { false };
+    // this event gets processed after updateCache's update event on the swing
+    // thread
+    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
+        done[0]=true;
+    });
+    long t=0;
+    while (!done[0] && t<200)
     {
-      // fix for JAL-4153
-      // This delay is to let cacheBox.updateCache() finish updating the cache
-      SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(() -> {
-        try
-        {
-          Thread.sleep(1);
+      try {
+        Thread.sleep(7);
+        t++;
         } catch (InterruptedException e)
         {
           e.printStackTrace();
         }
-      });
-    } catch (InvocationTargetException | InterruptedException e)
+    }
+    if (!done[0])
     {
-      e.printStackTrace();
+      Assert.fail("Giving up after 1.4s waiting for cache to be updated.");
     }
+    
     LinkedHashSet<String> foundCache = appCache
             .getAllCachedItemsFor(TEST_CACHE_KEY);
     Assert.assertTrue(foundCache.contains(testInput));