Plugin Help Help with how to add delay between loops

Hi,
I have a plugin that basically uses for loops to place an 11 by 11 by 11 structure that is saved in a hashmap.
What I want to try to do is add a second delay between the placement of each block, but after looking and trying BukkitRunnables, I am still not sure.

Code section

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Code:

@EventHandler
    public void onBlockPlace(BlockPlaceEvent event) {
        if (event.getBlock().getType() == Material.SEA_LANTERN) {
            if (event.getPlayer().getItemInHand().hasItemMeta()) {
                outerloop:
                for (int i = 0; i < structures.length; i++) {
                    String check = structures[i].toLowerCase();
                    if (event.getPlayer().getItemInHand().getItemMeta()
                            .getDisplayName().toString().toLowerCase()
                            .contains(check)) {
                        List<String> s = getConfig().getStringList(structures[i]);
                        for (String str : s) {
                            String[] words = str.split(":");
                            build.put(words[0], Material.getMaterial(words[1]));
                        }
                        Block b = event.getBlock();
                        for (int x = -5; x < 6; x++) {
                            for (int z = -5; z < 6; z++) {
                                for (int y = 0; y < 11; y++) {
                                    Material current = build.get(x + 5 + "," + y
                                            + "," + z + 5);
                                    b.getLocation().add(x, y, z).getBlock()
                                            .setType(current);
                                    b.getLocation().getBlock()
                                            .setType(Material.SEA_LANTERN);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    break outerloop;   
                    }
                }
               
            }

        }

 

@benthomas7777 Use a scheduler, a sync repeating task will allow you to do exactly what you are wanting (may have to rewrite parts of your code).

 

I am not sure how to go about it?

 

@benthomas7777 take a look at the repeating example under bukkit scheduler.

 

I have done that, but I have no clue where to put it. I can't put it in the for loop as it wouldn't make each block appear one at a time

Has anyone got an idea? Or code? With what I've tried it crashes, spawns the whole structure every second or spawns a single block every second

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

@benthomas7777 no need to even use a for loop, create a counter, stop it after the eleventh time, cancel the scheduler.

 

That wouldn't work, it spawns in an 11 by 11 by 11 area

 

There are two ways for you to do it:
First:

Code:

Try{
Thread.sleep(hereYouWriteTheAmountOfTimeInMILISECONDS);
} catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace;
}

or the other way by Bukkit scheduler:

Code:

Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, new Runnable() {
            public void run(){
                // the code you want to run delayed here
            }
        }, timeInTicks);