Progress Bars (can't Start And Won't Count Down)

I'm trying to get a timer to work to decrease the value of a stats bar (like Hunger Level, Energy Level), but it won't paint the bars in the first place, it won't let me start the timer (the start after t.start() is underlined) and now I'm getting an error that won't let me run it at all without putting public static void main (String [] args), even though adding it anywhere is causing other errors

public void hungerTimer () {
int delay = 300;
int period = 300;
interval = 100;
hungerBar.setValue(100);
hungerBar.repaint();
timer = new Timer();

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