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Java » Development Class » Timer Screenshots  Timer and TimerTask Classes       import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; class GCTask extends TimerTask {   public void run() {     System.out.println("Running the scheduled task...");     System.gc();   } } public class Main {   public static void main(String[] args) {     Timer timer = new Timer();     GCTask task = new GCTask();     timer.schedule(task, 5000, 5000);     int counter = 1;     while (true) {       try {         Thread.sleep(500);       } catch (InterruptedException e) {       }     }   } }                            Related examples in the same category 1. Timer Skipping Beep 2. Timer Schedule a task that executes once every second 3. Use java.util.Timer to schedule a task to execute once 5 seconds have passed 4. Timer utilities 5. Pause and start a timer task 6. Create a Timer object 7. Swing also provide a Timer class. A Timer object will send an ActionEvent to the registered ActionListener. 8. Schedule a task by using Timer and TimerTask. 9. Scheduling a Timer Task to Run Repeatedly 10. Create a scheduled task using timer 11. extends TimerTask to create your own task 12. A simple implementation of the Java 1.3 java.util.Timer API 13. Scheduling a Timer Task to Run at a Certain Time 14. Class encapsulating timer functionality 15. Timeout Observer 16. A pool of objects that should only be used by one thread at a time 17. A class that allows a programmer to determine the amount of time spend doing certain routines 18. All times in this Timer object are in milliseconds. The timer starts from the moment of it's creation. 19. Thread Timer 20. Cancel Aware Timer 21. HRTimer is a simple system-wide timer facility using a singleton Timer, with additional instrumentation. 22. Used for timing events with millisecond precision. 23. A class to wait until a condition becomes true.