How to use Timer class to call a method, do something, reset the timer, repeat?

Question

I am new to Java, I want my program to call a method, generate a random number and set the timer for that long, when the timer goes off, call that method again.

Can somebody help me with this?

Answer 1

If you want a Timer, you can do something like this:

public class TestClass {

    public long myLong = 1234;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final TestClass test = new TestClass();

        Timer timer = new Timer();

        timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {

            @Override

            public void run() {

                test.doStuff();

            }

        }, 0, test.myLong);

    }

    public void doStuff(){

        //do stuff here

    }

}

As you are a beginner I have given you the above example but if you go deeper into Java there are easier ways to do this.

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