How to Schedule and Execute Task using Timer and TimerTask in Java

on November 19, 2016

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Schedule and Execute Task using Timer and TimerTask in Java

In this tutorial, I am sharing simple program snippet about, How to Schedule and Execute Task using Timer and TimerTask in Java. The program has been tested with environment and shared in the post.

MyTask.java

package com.dineshkrish.utilities;
import java.util.TimerTask;
public class MyTask extends TimerTask {
@Override
public void run() {
// The task should go here...
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
System.out.println("Job " + i);
}
}
}

ScheduledTask.java

package com.dineshkrish.utilities;
import java.util.Timer;
public class ScheduledTask {
// Method to get random wait time
public static long getEstimatedWaitTime() {
return (long)(Math.random() * 10000);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Defining Timer Object
Timer timer = new Timer();
long waitTime = getEstimatedWaitTime();
System.out.println("Your Estimated Wait time is : "+(waitTime)+" mill seconds");
// Scheduling task
timer.schedule(new MyTask(), waitTime);
}
}