An ExecutorService that can schedule commands to run after a given delay, or to execute periodically.
Below is a Java program to schedule a service which periodically beeps every 10seconds for one hour.
import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
class BeeperControl {
private final static ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
public static void main(String[] args){
beepForAnHour();
}
public static void beepForAnHour() {
final Runnable beeper = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println(“beep”);
}
};
final ScheduledFuture beeperHandle = scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(beeper, 10, 10, SECONDS);
scheduler.schedule(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
beeperHandle.cancel(true);
}
}, 60 * 60, SECONDS);
}
}
