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使用这几行代码之后,Timer本身会每隔5分钟调用一遍server.checkNewMail()方法,不需要自己启动线程。Timer本身也是多线程同步的,多个线程可以共用一个Timer,不需要外部的同步代码。
在《The Java Tutorial》中有更完整的例子:
- public class AnnoyingBeep {
- Toolkit toolkit;
- Timer timer;
- public AnnoyingBeep() {
- toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
- timer = new Timer();
- timer.schedule(new RemindTask(),
- 0, //initial delay
- 1*1000); //subsequent rate
- }
- class RemindTask extends TimerTask {
- int numWarningBeeps = 3;
- public void run() {
- if (numWarningBeeps > 0) {
- toolkit.beep();
- System.out.println("Beep!");
- numWarningBeeps--;
- } else {
- toolkit.beep();
- System.out.println("Time's up!");
- //timer.cancel(); //Not necessary because we call System.exit
- System.exit(0); //Stops the AWT thread (and everything else)
- }
- }
- }
- ...
- }
这段程序,每隔3秒响铃一声,并打印出一行消息。循环3次。程序输出如下:
Task scheduled.
Beep!
Beep! //one second after the first beep
Beep! //one second after the second beep
Time's up! //one second after the third beep
Timer类也可以方便地用来作为延迟执行,比如下面的代码延迟指定的时间(以秒为单位)执行某操作。类似电视的延迟关机功能。
- ...
- public class ReminderBeep {
- ...
- public ReminderBeep(int seconds) {
- toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
- timer = new Timer();
- timer.schedule(new RemindTask(), seconds*1000);
- }
- class RemindTask extends TimerTask {
- public void run() {
- System.out.println("Time's up!");
- toolkit.beep();
- //timer.cancel(); //Not necessary because we call System.exit
- System.exit(0); //Stops the AWT thread (and everything else)
- }
- }
- ...
- }