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java.util.Timer.cancel() Method
Description
The cancel() method is used to terminate this timer and discarding any currently scheduled tasks.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.util.Timer.cancel() method.
public void cancel()
Parameters
NA
Return Value
NA
Exception
NA
Example
The following example shows the usage of java.util.Timer.cancel()
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(), 100); // terminating the timer System.out.println("cancelling timer"); timer.cancel(); } // 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.
cancelling timer working on
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