--- miscJava/Test3/src/dk/thoerup/schedulesamples/JavaTimer.java	2010/06/01 11:42:06	780
+++ miscJava/Test3/src/dk/thoerup/schedulesamples/JavaTimer.java	2010/06/01 12:41:41	781
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 package dk.thoerup.schedulesamples;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -16,10 +20,45 @@
  */
 public class JavaTimer extends HttpServlet {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-       
-
+    
+	class MyTask extends TimerTask {
+		String str;
+		int count = 0;
+		
+		public MyTask(String s) {
+			str = s;
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public void run() {
+			System.out.println("MyTask : " + str);
+			
+			count++;
+			if (count >=10)
+				this.cancel(); //cancel efter 10 runs			
+		}
+	
+		
+	}
+	
+	Timer timer = new Timer();
 
+	@Override
 	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
+		//schedule a single run,, run after 3 seconds
+		//timer.schedule(new MyTask("1"), 3000);
+		
+		
+		//continuous execution first execution after 2 seconds and then with 1 second intervals
+		//timer.schedule(new MyTask("2"), 2000, 1000);
+		
+		//schedule a single run at a specific time
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(2010, 5, 1, 14, 40, 0); //months are zero indexed		
+		timer.schedule(new MyTask("3"), cal.getTime() );		
+		
+	
+		response.getWriter().print("ok");
 	}
 
 }