Uses of Class java.util.TimerTask (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-03-16

## Uses of Class
java.util.TimerTask

- Packages that use TimerTask
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.util | Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).

- - ### Uses of TimerTask in java.util

    Methods in java.util with parameters of type TimerTask
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | Timer.`schedule(TimerTask task, Date time)` Schedules the specified task for execution at the specified time.
    `void` | Timer.`schedule(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long period)` Schedules the specified task for repeated fixed-delay execution, beginning at the specified time.
    `void` | Timer.`schedule(TimerTask task, long delay)` Schedules the specified task for execution after the specified delay.
    `void` | Timer.`schedule(TimerTask task, long delay, long period)` Schedules the specified task for repeated fixed-delay execution, beginning after the specified delay.
    `void` | Timer.`scheduleAtFixedRate(TimerTask task, Date firstTime, long period)` Schedules the specified task for repeated fixed-rate execution, beginning at the specified time.
    `void` | Timer.`scheduleAtFixedRate(TimerTask task, long delay, long period)` Schedules the specified task for repeated fixed-rate execution, beginning after the specified delay.

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