Hello, my GUI locks up because I need to update it through the EDT, however, I need to also pass a variable that is being updates with the GUI:
while ((message = this.in.readLine()).startsWith("NUMPLAYERS"))
{
numOfPlayers = Integer.parseInt(message.split(":")[1]);
numPlayers.setText("There are currently " + numOfPlayers + " players in this game");
}
This does not work. I need to set the text in the EDT but I cannot pass numOfPlayers to it without declaring it as final (which I don't want to do, because it changed as new players join the server)