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Java TimerTask Usage Guide

This document discusses using timers in Java to schedule tasks. The Timer class schedules TimerTask instances to run after a specified delay. An example Reminder class shows how to use a timer to print "Time's up!" 5 seconds after scheduling a RemindTask that extends TimerTask. When run, the output first confirms the task is scheduled, then 5 seconds later prints the message from the timed task.

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Java TimerTask Usage Guide

This document discusses using timers in Java to schedule tasks. The Timer class schedules TimerTask instances to run after a specified delay. An example Reminder class shows how to use a timer to print "Time's up!" 5 seconds after scheduling a RemindTask that extends TimerTask. When run, the output first confirms the task is scheduled, then 5 seconds later prints the message from the timed task.

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This section discusses practical aspects of using timers to schedule tasks.

The Timer
class in the java.util package schedules instances of a class called TimerTask .
Reminder.java is an example of using a timer to perform a task after a delay:
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

/**
* Simple demo that uses java.util.Timer to schedule a task
* to execute once 5 seconds have passed.
*/

public class Reminder {


Timer timer;

public Reminder(int seconds) {


timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(new RemindTask(), seconds*1000);
}

class RemindTask extends TimerTask {


public void run() {
System.out.println("Time's up!");
timer.cancel(); //Terminate the timer thread
}
}

public static void main(String args[]) {


new Reminder(5);
System.out.println("Task scheduled.");
}
}
When you run the example, you first see this:
Task scheduled.
Five seconds later, you see this:
Time's up!

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