Re: call a method at intervals
RC wrote:
rickbear wrote:
The one method has to run every minute and the other on every fifth
minute.
Is that possible without making more classes? and how?
public YourClass extends Thread {
public void run() {
while (true) {
callYourMethod1();
pause(60*1000);
}
while (true) {
callYourMethod2();
pause(5*60*1000);
}
}
public void pause(int milliseconds) {
try {
sleep((long)milliseconds);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.err.println(e);
}
}
}
Just to avoid confusion: This class will not compile since the second while loop
is unreachable. You can either use two separate threads or, if you want to use
only one thread, try something like
public void run() {
while (true) {
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
callYourMethod1();
pause(60*1000);
}
callYourMethod1();
callYourMethod2();
pause(60*1000);
}
}
Also, if you are new to threads, don't try to call Thread.run() directly, but
rather call Thread.start() to execute the loop in a new thread.
Cheers,
Simon
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