Timeline for Timer & TimerTask versus Thread + sleep in Java
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| Oct 4, 2018 at 9:17 | history | edited | Keshav | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed thanks.
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| Sep 13, 2018 at 4:01 | answer | added | akhil_mittal | timeline score: 9 | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 3:24 | answer | added | Ken | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 6, 2014 at 19:45 | answer | added | Stack Popper | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 3, 2011 at 3:40 | answer | added | Qandeel | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 6:44 | history | edited | Keshav | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Another important difference between Timer and Thread.sleep()
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| Sep 29, 2010 at 14:01 | comment | added | スーパーファミコン | Timer and TimerTask are still useful in JME environments where ExecutorService does not exist (since JME Java 1.3 based...). | |
| Dec 19, 2009 at 0:49 | comment | added | Justin | Timer is not obsolete, and is preferred when only a single thread is needed. (java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Timer.html) | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 8:45 | vote | accept | Keshav | ||
| Sep 21, 2009 at 8:45 | comment | added | Keshav | Thanks for the tip, I decided to use ExecutorService :) | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 8:25 | answer | added | Boris Pavlović | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 8:02 | answer | added | MartinStettner | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 7:55 | answer | added | Zed | timeline score: 70 | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 7:53 | comment | added | skaffman | Point of order: Timer and TimerTask are obsolete, and have effectively been replaced by ExecutorService, although your point still stands. | |
| Sep 21, 2009 at 7:47 | history | asked | Keshav | CC BY-SA 2.5 |