java 定时器类销毁,一个JAVA定时器的疑惑

首先，说明下需求,我在tomcat启动的时候，就加载这一监听，然后希望在早上9点的时候，定时执行某一程序。下面是代码部分.

Java code:

public class ContextListener extends HttpServlet implements

ServletContextListener {

/**

*

*/

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

public ContextListener() {

}

private java.util.Timer timer = null;

public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {

timer = new java.util.Timer(true);

event.getServletContext().log("定时器已启动");

Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance(); //设置时间为9点

cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 9);

cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);

cal.set(Calendar.SECOND,0);

//System.out.println(cal.getTime()) ;

//今天是2009-11-20，打印的结果:Fri Nov 20 09:00:00 CST 2009

[color=#FF0000]timer.schedule(new AutoSendMessage(event.getServletContext()), cal.getTime(),

24 * 60* 60 * 1000l);[/color]

event.getServletContext().log("已经添加任务调度表");

}

public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {

timer.cancel();

event.getServletContext().log("定时器销毁");

}

}

方法schedule(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long perio