Timer and TimerTask Classes

     
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

class GCTask extends TimerTask {
  public void run() {
    System.out.println("Running the scheduled task...");
    System.gc();
  }
}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    GCTask task = new GCTask();
    timer.schedule(task, 5000, 5000);
    int counter = 1;
    while (true) {
      try {
        Thread.sleep(500);
      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      }
    }
  }
}

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