Thread to EDT

[Asido]

So I am having an issue with making a thread as EDT. This is the prototype of program I have:

public class Program implements Runnable {
	public Program() {
		new Thread(this).start();
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Program p = new Program();
	}
 
	public void paintComponent(g) {
		...
	}
 
	public void run() {
		while(true) {
			...
			repaint();
			Thread.sleep(x);
		}
	}
}

The program also has a keyListener and the repainting is related with the button is pressed. I tried to do like this, but it just made the program to freeze:

public class Program {
	public Program() {
		SwingUtilities.invokeLater/invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
			public void run() {
				while(true) {
					...
					repaint();
					Thread.sleep(x);
				}
			}
		});
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Program p = new Program();
	}
 
	public void paintComponent(g) {
		...
	}
}

I've read several topics about EDT, but I couldn't find info about the issue I have.

[copeg]

Swing already has its own EDT. Dispatching another Runnable to be executed on this thread that is an infinite loop (your second example) will lock of the EDT and hence anything that needs to be run on the EDT (for example repaint). Any particular reason you wish to 'make your own EDT'?

[Asido]

Any particular reason you wish to 'make your own EDT'?

I have the bones of the program which uses a thread I wrote in the first post and the guy I am doing this for told me to consider running it in EDT instead. It is just a simple game. Everything what the program does is recalculates the positions based on pressed buttons and repaints.

[copeg]

Not sure if there still is a problem or if what I posted above helps. But here is a link to one of the more thorough articles related to threading and Swing: Threads and Swing