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 程序不一定要继承TimerTask 那我们也可以使用spring提供的"org.springframework.scheduling.timer.MethodInvokingTimerTaskFactoryBean"类来进行处理了

  package onlyfun.caterpillar;

  import java.util.TimerTask;

    public class DemoTask{

      public void execute(){
       System.out.println("Task is executed");
     }

 }

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
 xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
  
   <bean id="demoTask" class="onlyfun.caterpillar.DemoTask"></bean>   
   <bean id="timerTaskBean" class="org.springframework.scheduling.timer.MethodInvokingTimerTaskFactoryBean">
     <property name="targetObject">
        <ref bean="demoTask"/>
     </property>
     <property name="targetMethod">
        <value>execute</value>
     </property>
    </bean>
    <bean id="scheduledTimerTask" class="org.springframework.scheduling.timer.ScheduledTimerTask">
     <property name="timerTask">
       <ref bean="timerTaskBean"></ref>
     </property>
     <!--这里定义每1秒钟程序执行一次-->
     <property name="period">
       <value>1000</value>
     </property>
    <!--这里定义程序启动5秒钟后开始执行-->
     <property name="delay">
       <value>5000</value>
     </property>
   </bean>   
   <bean id="timerFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.scheduling.timer.TimerFactoryBean">
     <property name="scheduledTimerTasks">
       <list>
         <ref bean="scheduledTimerTask"/>
       </list>
     </property>
   </bean>
</beans>