Java Time Interval

Question

There is code like :

System.out.println("I wanna print next statement after 5 seconds");
// 5 seconds later
System.out.println("Time to show !");

How could I realize that? please give me an answer. ( // 5 seconcds later)

you must use a thread watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYN-CBtPNiM — Kick Buttowski, Dec 13 '13 at 22:17
You can use a `Timer` or `Thread.sleep()`, But I really recommend Timer. — iWumbo, Dec 13 '13 at 22:17
possible duplicate of [Java Delay/Wait](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8586137/java-delay-wait) — Robin Green, Dec 13 '13 at 22:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 22:17

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Try this one.

try {
    Thread.sleep(5000);    
}catch (InterruptedException ex){
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds
Thread.sleep is a static method telling the
current thread to sleep for N milliseconds.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 22:17

peter.petrov

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lostinexceptions · Answer 2 · 2013-12-13T22:27:38.003

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Try this:

 try {
   Thread.sleep( 5000 );
 } catch ( InterruptedException ex) { }

edited Dec 13 '13 at 22:27

answered Dec 13 '13 at 22:18

lostinexceptions

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sorry, my fault. i forgot the exception object. – lostinexceptions Dec 13 '13 at 22:28
BTW - the choice of `wakeAndContinue` is because I feel that every `catch` should either dump the stack trace, re-throw it, log it or ignore it with an *explanation as to why.* The nomenclature is my (very non standard) way to indicate 'ignore'. ;) – Andrew Thompson Dec 13 '13 at 22:29
yes, pretty nice. but in a perfekt world every catch should have a handling. – lostinexceptions Dec 13 '13 at 22:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '13 at 22:19

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Thread.sleep(numberOfMilliseconds) is the way to make the current thread wait for a given amount of time. If you need to fire off something that should be done in 5 seconds, but don't want to stall the entire application, look into TimerTask.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 22:19

MattPutnam

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