Question

In my case I created a object and planned to release it after 20 minutes(accuracy is not necessary). I know by using java.util.Timer I can create a timer.But I just want it run once. After that,the timer should stop and been released too.

Is there any way just like setTimeOut() in javascript?

Thanks.

Answer 1

int numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture = 10000; // 10 sec
Date timeToRun = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()+numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture);
Timer timer = new Timer();

timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        public void run() {
            // Task here ...
        }
    }, timeToRun);

Modify above so that you can schedule a job 20 minutes in future.