Run TimerTask on start Application Server

Question

I have a Timer class to response of SMS continuously.

public class MyRegularTask extends TimerTask {
    public void run() {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
        answerLeftSMS();
        // this.cancel(); I do not cancel this Timer
    }
}

Currently I am running it by a action call.

Timer time = new Timer();
MyRegularTask taskTimer = new MyRegularTask();
time.schedule(taskTimer, 0, 60000);

Is there any way to run this timer automatically, when I start Application Server (Tomcat, Glassfish) ? I am using Spring MVC (Annotation).

This can be accomplished using [`@Scheduled`](http://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/Scheduled.html). For implementation details see [here](https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/scheduling.html) — Bond - Java Bond, Mar 02 '17 at 11:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '17 at 12:11

Following should do the trick

@Component
public class MyRegularTask extends TimerTask {

    @PostConstruct
    public void init() {
        Timer time = new Timer();
        MyRegularTask taskTimer = new MyRegularTask();
        time.schedule(taskTimer, 0, 60000);
    }

    public void run() {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
        answerLeftSMS();
        // this.cancel(); I do not cancel this Timer
    }
}

Run TimerTask on start Application Server

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