How to schedule a periodic task in Java?

Question

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 <

Answer 1

These two classes can work together to schedule a periodic task:

Scheduled Task

import java.util.TimerTask;
import java.util.Date;

// Create a class extending TimerTask
public class ScheduledTask extends TimerTask {
    Date now; 
    public void run() {
        // Write code here that you want to execute periodically.
        now = new Date();                      // initialize date
        System.out.println("Time is :" + now); // Display current time
    }
}

Run Scheduled Task

import java.util.Timer;

public class SchedulerMain {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException {
        Timer time = new Timer();               // Instantiate Timer Object
        ScheduledTask st = new ScheduledTask(); // Instantiate SheduledTask class
        time.schedule(st, 0, 1000);             // Create task repeating every 1 sec
        //for demo only.
        for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
            System.out.println("Execution in Main Thread...." + i);
            Thread.sleep(2000);
            if (i == 5) {
                System.out.println("Application Terminates");
                System.exit(0);
            }
        }
    }
}

Reference https://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-run-a-task-periodically-in-java/