Java: New Thread.sleep Alternative

Posted by tech on March 8, 2009

Rather than using Java’s static Thread.sleep method and calculating how many seconds you need to pass to its parameter, a simple class called TimeUnit simplifies its usage according to hours, minutes and seconds. You can use it using either of the following …

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TimeUnit.HOURS.sleep(1);
TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(10);
TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(30);

The sample above will run every hour, every 10 minutes and every 30 seconds. Pretty simple and much less tedious right?