Java API Tutorial - Java Timer.schedule(TimerTask task, long delay)

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Syntax

Timer.schedule(TimerTask task, long delay) has the following syntax.

public void schedule(TimerTask task,  long delay)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Timer.schedule(TimerTask task, long delay) method.

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import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
class MyTimerTask extends TimerTask {
  public void run() {
    System.out.println("Timer task executed.");
  }
}


public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      // creating timer task, timer
      TimerTask tasknew = new MyTimerTask();
      Timer timer = new Timer();
      
      // scheduling the task at interval
      timer.schedule(tasknew, 100);      
   }
   // this method performs the task
   public void run() {
      System.out.println("timer working");      
   }    
}

The code above generates the following result.

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