Main.java

import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;

import javafx.animation.AnimationTimer;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.LongProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleLongProperty;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;


public class Main extends Application {
    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

        final BlockingQueue<String> messageQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(1);

        TextArea console = new TextArea();

        Button startButton = new Button("Start");
        startButton.setOnAction(event -> {
            MessageProducer producer = new MessageProducer(messageQueue);
            Thread t = new Thread(producer);
            t.setDaemon(true);
            t.start();
        });

        final LongProperty lastUpdate = new SimpleLongProperty();

        final long minUpdateInterval = 0 ; // nanoseconds. Set to higher number to slow output.

        AnimationTimer timer = new AnimationTimer() {

            @Override
            public void handle(long now) {
                if (now - lastUpdate.get() > minUpdateInterval) {
                    final String message = messageQueue.poll();
                    if (message != null) {
                        console.appendText("\n" + message);
                    }
                    lastUpdate.set(now);
                }
            }

        };

        timer.start();

        HBox controls = new HBox(5, startButton);
        controls.setPadding(new Insets(10));
        controls.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);

        BorderPane root = new BorderPane(console, null, null, controls, null);
        Scene scene = new Scene(root,600,400);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    private static class MessageProducer implements Runnable {
        private final BlockingQueue<String> messageQueue ;

        public MessageProducer(BlockingQueue<String> messageQueue) {
            this.messageQueue = messageQueue ;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            long messageCount = 0 ;
            try {
                while (true) {
                    final String message = "Message " + (++messageCount);
                    messageQueue.put(message);
                }
            } catch (InterruptedException exc) {
                System.out.println("Message producer interrupted: exiting.");
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}