CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
Ndumiso
Ndumiso

Reputation: 230

How do I make sure that a block of code only executes ONCE and only ONCE. And NEVER AGAIN

I've tried creating a public static variable (NOT LOCAL) and purposely making an increment to it and telling Java:

"If this variable == 0, then execute this code"

so that even if that method is called the second time, that block of code won't execute because the variable has changed and is no longer zero... and it will never again be zero because it keeps increasing.

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
  if(e.getSource()==deal){/*do something*/}
}

My problem is that the if statment executes more than once when I press the button "deal".

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5461

Answers (2)

Jainish Kapadia
Jainish Kapadia

Reputation: 2611

Try this way, It's dummy code but through this way, you can execute inner for loop code only once.

List<WebElement> allelements = driver.findElements(By.id("id1"));   

int i = 0;

for (WebElement e : allelements) 
{
    i++;

    List<WebElement> secondelements = driver.findElements(By.id("id2"));
    if(i==1)
    {
        for(WebElement ae : secondelements)
        {
                System.out.println(ae.getText());   
        }
    }
    System.out.println(e.getText());
}

Upvotes: 0

Kartic
Kartic

Reputation: 2985

Try something like:

public class Test {
    private boolean isExecuted;
    public synchronized void executeOnce() { 
        if (isExecuted) {
            return;
        } else {
            //do your stuff
            isExecuted = true;
        }
    }
}

Modify it as per your requirement. To improve performance, you can use double checked locking.

Upvotes: 3

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