Can Timers only have one task?

Hey there,

I'm working on an animation class for one of my programs, and sometimes I need to adjust the frame delay.

I'm working with Timers from java.util.Timer and I'm wondering if when I call the "schedule()" method, does it override the current task, or will it add a task.

Ex: Will this code:

Code:

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Timer t = new Timer();

// First task, at 50 milisecs
t.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
                // Code here
        }
}, 0, 50);

// Second task, at 100 milisecs
t.schedule(new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
                // Code here
        }
}, 0, 100);

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So will the second task override the first one, or will both tasks be executed at the specified intervals?

If your animation is in a Swing GUI, it's far better that you use javax.swing.Timer and not java.util.Timer.
How to Use Swing Timers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Other Swing Features)

As for your posted question

Quote:

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will the second task override the first one, or will both tasks be executed

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What happened when you tried it? All you need to test this are two tasks that print different Strings to the console via System.out. Surely a faster way of getting to know than waiting for someone on a forum to respond.

db