Resettable Java Timer

Question

I\'d like to have a java.utils.Timer with a resettable time in java.I need to set a once off event to occur in X seconds. If nothing happens in between the time the timer wa

Answer 1

I made an own timer class for a similar purpose; feel free to use it:

public class ReschedulableTimer extends Timer {
  private Runnable mTask;
  private TimerTask mTimerTask;

  public ReschedulableTimer(Runnable runnable) {
    this.mTask = runnable;
  }

  public void schedule(long delay) {
    if (mTimerTask != null)
      mTimerTask.cancel();

    mTimerTask = new TimerTask() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        mTask.run();
      }
    };
    this.schedule(mTimerTask, delay);
  }
}