You can use an event listener to close the clip after it is played
import java.io.File;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;
public void play(File file)
{
try
{
final Clip clip = (Clip)AudioSystem.getLine(new Line.Info(Clip.class));
clip.addLineListener(new LineListener()
{
@Override
public void update(LineEvent event)
{
if (event.getType() == LineEvent.Type.STOP)
clip.close();
}
});
clip.open(AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file));
clip.start();
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
exc.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}