How to stop the task scheduled in Java.util.Timer class.

Question

Hello, I am using java.util.timer class and i am using its schedule method to perform some task,but after executing it for 6 times i have to stop its task.How should i do that ?

Answer 1

Either call cancel() on the Timer if that's all it's doing, or cancel() on the TimerTask if the timer itself has other tasks which you wish to continue.

Answer 2

Keep a reference to the timer somewhere, and use:

timer.cancel();
timer.purge();

to stop whatever it's doing. You could put this code inside the task you're performing with a static int to count the number of times you've gone around, e.g.

private static int count = 0;
public static void run() {
     count++;
     if (count >= 6) {
         timer.cancel();
         timer.purge();
         return;
     }

     ... perform task here ....

}

Answer 3

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