planet.util.timer
Class ThreadTimer

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Timer
      planet.util.timer.ThreadTimer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Timer

public class ThreadTimer

extends java.util.Timer

implements Timer

Implements a Timer based with java.util.Timer, with a non daemon mode.

Author:

Jordi Pujol Date: 07/05/2004

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ThreadTimer()
Builds a new ThreadTimer, invoking the java.util.Timer.Timer() constructor.

Method Summary

void	setTimerTask(TimerTask task, long delay) Sets a new TimerTask to schedule for only one activation.
void	setTimerTask(TimerTask task, long delay, long period) Sets a new TimerTask to schedule periodicly.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Timer

cancel, schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule, scheduleAtFixedRate, scheduleAtFixedRate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface planet.util.timer.Timer

cancel

Constructor Detail

ThreadTimer

public ThreadTimer()

Builds a new ThreadTimer, invoking the java.util.Timer.Timer() constructor.

Method Detail

setTimerTask

public void setTimerTask(TimerTask task,
                         long delay)

Sets a new TimerTask to schedule for only one activation. If the TimerTask not extends java.util.TimerTask, this method will throw a ClassCastException at runtime.

Specified by:

setTimerTask in interface Timer

Parameters:

task - TimerTask that must extends java.util.TimerTask

delay - Time in millis for the first invocation.

See Also:

Timer.setTimerTask(planet.util.timer.TimerTask, long)

setTimerTask

public void setTimerTask(TimerTask task,
                         long delay,
                         long period)

Sets a new TimerTask to schedule periodicly. If the TimerTask not extends java.util.TimerTask, this method will throw a ClassCastException at runtime.

Specified by:

setTimerTask in interface Timer

Parameters:

task - TimerTask that must extends java.util.TimerTask

delay - Time in millis for the first invocation.

period - Time in millis between each activation of this TimerTask.

See Also:

Timer.setTimerTask(planet.util.timer.TimerTask, long, long)