{

// declare some constants

private static final int NUMBER_OF_IMAGES = 8;

private static final int SLEEP_TIME = 100;

private Label label = new Label();

@Override

public void start (Stage stage)

{

VBox root = new VBox();

root.setBackground(Background.EMPTY);

root.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);

root.getChildren().add(label);

Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 300);

stage.setScene(scene);

stage.setTitle("Record");

stage.show();

begin(stage);

}

private void begin(Stage stageIn) // helper method

{

// create an image from a file and add it to a label

ImageView imageView = new ImageView();

label.setGraphic(imageView);

Thread thread1 = new Thread(new Task<Void>() // anonymous class

{

String imageFileName;

int currentImage = 1;

Image image;

@Override

protected Void call()

{

while(stageIn.isShowing())

{

// create the name of the next image to be used

imageFileName = "record" + currentImage + ".jpg";

image = new Image(imageFileName);

imageView.setImage(image);

try

{

Thread.sleep(SLEEP_TIME);

}

catch(InterruptedException e)

{

}

currentImage++; // next image

if(currentImage == NUMBER_OF_IMAGES + 1)

{

currentImage = 1;

}

}

return null;

}

});

thread1.start();

}

public static void main(String[] args)

{

launch(args);

}