import java.awt.*;
  import java.util.*;
  
  public class applet-blink extends java.applet.Applet {
      private Timer timer;              // Schedules the blinking
      private String labelString;       // The label for the window
      private int delay;                // the delay time between blinks
  
      public void init() {
          String blinkFrequency = getParameter("speed");
          delay = (blinkFrequency == null) ? 400 :
              (1000 / Integer.parseInt(blinkFrequency));
          labelString = getParameter("lbl");
          if (labelString == null)
              labelString = "Blink";
          Font font = new java.awt.Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 24);
          setFont(font);
      }
  
      public void start() {
          timer = new Timer();     //creates a new timer to schedule the blinking
          timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {      //creates a timertask to schedule
              // overrides the run method to provide functionality 
              public void run() {  
                  repaint();
              }
          }
              , delay, delay);
      }
  
      public void paint(Graphics g) {
          int fontSize = g.getFont().getSize();
          int x = 0, y = fontSize, space;
          int red =   (int) ( 50 * Math.random());
          int green = (int) ( 50 * Math.random());
          int blue =  (int) (256 * Math.random());
          Dimension d = getSize();
          g.setColor(Color.black);
          FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
          space = fm.stringWidth(" ");
          for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(labelString); 
               t.hasMoreTokens();) {
              String word = t.nextToken();
              int w = fm.stringWidth(word) + space;
              if (x + w > d.width) {
                  x = 0;
                  y += fontSize;  //move word to next line if it doesn't fit
              }
              if (Math.random() < 0.5)
                  g.setColor(new java.awt.Color((red + y*30) % 256, 
                                                (green + x/3) % 256, blue));
              else
                  g.setColor(getBackground());
              g.drawString(word, x, y);
              x += w;  //shift to the right to draw the next word
          }
      }
      
      public void stop() {
          timer.cancel();  //stops the timer
      }
  
      public String getAppletInfo() {
          return "Title: Blinker\n"
              + "Author: Arthur van Hoff\n" 
              + "Displays multicolored blinking text.";
      }
      
      public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
          String pinfo[][] = {
              {"speed", "string", "The blink frequency"},
              {"lbl", "string", "The text to blink."},
          };
          return pinfo;
      }
  }