wait command

2 choices: wait(image, timeout) (aborts script if not found after max waiting time with exception FindFailed) and exists(image, timeout) (same as wait, but no FindFailed exception, returns None if not found (best use together with if ).

with wait() storing the match:
click("image1")
m = wait("image2", 10) # save match in variable m
click(m)

with wait() using getLastMatch():
click("image1")
wait("image2", 10) # stores the match internally
click(getLastMatch()) # clicks on the match of last successful find operation, in this case the wait()

with exists() using getLastMatch() (my preferred version):
click("image1")
if exists("image2", 10):
   click(getLastMatch())
else:
   popup("Sorry, not found")
   exit()

Using exists() allows to program alternatives on how to proceed in the workflow.

Is there any way to set this timeout as a global setting to apply to all exists() s?
e.g. I have a code with a lot of assert exists(image) s for a UI; however my application can be laggy sometimes and on every run it can take a random time for the images to show up. So I get random assertion errors every time I run the script on random images.
I have been using setAutoWaitTimeout () as a global setting but seems not to be working on assertions.

wait(10) is not working in java. Is there any alternate solution to wait in Java? I got this error
 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException
 at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
 at com.sikuli.my.practice.sikuliRunner.runSikuli(sikuliRunner.java:13)
 at com.sikuli.my.practice.SikuliPracticing.main(SikuliPracticing.java:18)

I don't want to use wait("image.png", 10)

@muhin
must be
wait(10.0) or
wait(10f)

Thanks RaiMan