A better way to run code for a period of time

Question

I need to run some code for a predefined length of time, when the time is up it needs to stop. Currently I am using a TimerTask to allow the code to execute for a set amount

Answer 1

If by stopping you mean the program has to exit, the solution is to create a thread for your processing and mark it as daemon, start it and in the main thread sleep for the time required, then simply return from the main() method.

Scratch that if by stopping, you mean just to stop the processing.