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java.util.Timer.purge() Method
Description
The purge() method is used to remove all cancelled tasks from this timer's task queue.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.util.Timer.purge() method.
public int purge()
Parameters
NA
Return Value
The method call returns the number of tasks removed from the queue.
Exception
NA
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.util.Timer.purge()
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.*; public class TimerDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // creating timer task, timer TimerTask tasknew = new TimerCancel(); Timer timer = new Timer(); // scheduling the task timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(tasknew, new Date(), 10); // cancel task timer.cancel(); // purging the timer System.out.println("purge value :"+timer.purge()); } // this method performs the task public void run() { System.out.println("working on"); } }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result.
working on purge value :0
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