More efficient way for pausing loop wanted

Question

Is it possible to rewrite this code for better working with processor? I have a class, which does some tasks with fixed periodicy in a separate thread. Sometimes this proces

Answer 1

I believe the best way here would be to use Thread.wait for the waiting thread instead of sleeping, and use Thread.notify in the thread you are waiting for. More info here: http://www.javamex.com/tutorials/synchronization_wait_notify.shtml