-- How to Schedule a Task --
In some application some tasks need to be run periodically for example GUI screen should update the data from server periodically. This java tips illustrate a method of scheduling a task periodically. Developers may use it for repetitive invoking of a method as per their requirements. For this aim, first you have to make a class extending TimerTask abstract class and write code in run method, you want to run repetitively. import java.util.TimerTask; public class Shedule extends TimerTask{ public void run() { // add the task here } } In your main program you can call this code to schedule task: java.util.Timer timer = new java.util.Timer(); Calendar date = Calendar.getInstance(); date.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.SUNDAY); date.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0); date.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); date.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); date.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); //sheduler run now //timer.schedule(new Shedule(), 0, 60 * 60); // Schedule to run every Sun...