How to change the way that timer schedules in TimerTask?

Question

Here is the code snippet:

Timer t = new Timer();
TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        //change the timer rate of scheduleAtFixedRate here
    }

};

//every 10 sec
t.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, new Date(), 10000);

Could anyone tell me how to change the rate of timer to t.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, new Date(), 30000) in method run from TimerTask instance?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

You can't modify an existing schedule, but you can cancel() the TimerTask that's executing, and reschedule it for the new period.

Answer 2

There is no option to reschedule the timer that is already running. You need to cancel the current task and reschedule it with your new interval.

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