How can I change my TimerTask's execution period at runtime?I

Question

How can I change period of Timer at runtime?

    Timer timer = new Timer();

    timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
        public void run() {

             // read new period
             period = getPeriod();

             doSomething();

        }
    }, 0, period);

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

private int period= 1000; // ms

private void startTimer() {
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        public void run() {
            // do something...
            System.out.println("period = " + period);
            period = 500;   // change the period time
            timer.cancel(); // cancel time
            startTimer();   // start the time again with a new period time
        }
    }, 0, period);
}