Running a Java Thread in intervals

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I find that a ScheduledExecutorService is an excellent way to do this. It is arguably slightly more complex than a Timer, but gives more flexibility in exchange (e.g. you could choose to use a single thread or a thread pool; it takes units other than solely milliseconds).

ScheduledExecutorService executor =
    Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();

Runnable periodicTask = new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        // Invoke method(s) to do the work
        doPeriodicWork();
    }
};

executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(periodicTask, 0, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

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