The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e368. Scheduling a Timer Task to Run Repeatedly

    int delay = 5000;   // delay for 5 sec.
    int period = 1000;  // repeat every sec.
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    
    timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                // Task here ...
            }
        }, delay, period);

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