[SOLVED] Timer help

[Doctor Cactus]

Hi, I need help with the Timer Task. I have posted code below. Basically, when i click the menu, various instructions are executed at certain intervals. So, for example, instructions would execute after 5 seconds, then 10 seconds later etc.
Note: When I click the menu, instructions should execute after 5 seconds, then 15 seconds as in the example above.

Help is greatly appreciated.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
import java.util.*;

int numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture1 = 5000; // 5 sec
Date timeToRun1 = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()+numberOfMillisecon dsInTheFuture1);

int numberOfMillisecondsInTheFuture2 = 15000; // 15 sec
Date timeToRun2 = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()+numberOfMillisecon dsInTheFuture2);

Timer timer = new Timer();


menu1.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{

timer.schedule(new TimerTask()
{
public void run()
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}, timeToRun1);


timer.schedule(new TimerTask()
{
public void run()
{
System.out.println("Hello2");
}
}, timeToRun2);

}

});

[masijade]

I'm sorry, but, okay, your question/problem is?

[Doctor Cactus]

it doesn't do what I want it to do as I said in the last post. Any ideas?

[masijade]

it doesn't do what I want it to do as I said in the last post. Any ideas?

No you didn't. You simply said what it needed to do, you said nothing about what it does (or does not) do.

Do get compiler errors/messages? Do you get exceptions?

The way you have posted what you've posted you should be getting a couple of compiler messages.

[Doctor Cactus]

No, I don't get any compiler messages/errors. What happens is it doesn't wait the number of seconds I want it to wait. So, what happens is the first timer executes and then immediately after, the second one executes.

Note that it works when used with public static void main(String [] args), but not with the menu.

[Doctor Cactus]

I tried something else and it works now. :cool:

[masijade]

No, I don't get any compiler messages/errors.

with that exact code?

   void whateverMethod() {
    Timer timer = new Timer();


    menu1.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
    {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
      {
        timer.schedule(new TimerTask()
        {
          public void run()
          {
            System.out.println("Hello");
          }
        }, timeToRun1);


        timer.schedule(new TimerTask()
        {
          public void run()
          {
            System.out.println("Hello2");
          }
        }, timeToRun2);

      }

    });
  }

should complain that timer is not final.

It would really help if you posted code using code tags, and made sure that the code was compilable while still displaying the problem.

What happens is it doesn't wait the number of seconds I want it to wait. So, what happens is the first timer executes and then immediately after, the second one executes.

Note that it works when used with public static void main(String [] args), but not with the menu.