Oct 28, 2010 · How to set a Timer, say for 2 minutes, to try to connect to a Database then throw exception if there is any issue in connection?

A timer with a display would involve threading. If you're new to Java, and perhaps programming in general, I recommend learning simpler stuff first before diving into threading.

Nov 20, 2014 · From the Timer documentation: Java 5.0 introduced the java.util.concurrent package and one of the concurrency utilities therein is the ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor …

I need to schedule a task to run in at fixed interval of time. How can I do this with support of long intervals (for example on each 8 hours)? I'm currently using java.util.Timer.scheduleAtFixedRa...

Jan 29, 2012 · Use timer.scheduleAtFixedRate() to schedule it to recur every two seconds: Schedules the specified task for repeated fixed-rate execution, beginning at the specified time. …

Oct 10, 2021 · new java.util.Timer().schedule( new java.util.TimerTask() { @Override public void run() { // your code here } }, 5000 ); EDIT: javadoc says: After the last live reference to a Timer …

613 I am trying to do something in Java and I need something to wait / delay for an amount of seconds in a while loop.

Jul 29, 2012 · To run code at a certain time, or to run code repeatedly, use a scheduled executor service. To quote the Timer class Javadoc: Java 5.0 introduced the java.util.concurrent …

You can also take a look at Timer and TimerTask classes which you can use to schedule your task to run every n seconds. You need a class that extends TimerTask and override the public …

Jan 4, 2009 · I have code where I schedule a task using java.util.Timer. I was looking around and saw ExecutorService can do the same. So this question here, have you used Timer and …