Call method after some delay in java

Question

Scenario is like :

In my application, I opened one file, updated it and saved. Once the file saved event get fired and it will execute one method abc(). But now, I want to add delay after save event get fired, say 1 minute. So I have added Thread.sleep(60000). Now it execute the method abc() after 1 minute. Till now all works fine.

But suppose user saved file 3 times within 1 minute, the method get executed 3 times after each 1 minute. I want to execute method only one time in next 1 minute after first save called with latest file content.

How can I handle such scenario?

Answer 1

Use Timer and TimerTask

create a member variable of type Timer in YourClassType

lets say: private Timer timer = new Timer();

and your method will look something like this:

public synchronized void abcCaller() {
    this.timer.cancel(); //this will cancel the current task. if there is no active task, nothing happens
    this.timer = new Timer();

    TimerTask action = new TimerTask() {
        public void run() {
            YourClassType.abc(); //as you said in the comments: abc is a static method
        }

    };

    this.timer.schedule(action, 60000); //this starts the task
}