Schedule a task

[warped ruin]

I want to schedule some code to run but than i could reset the timer (or at least cancel the schedule and start a new one), I heard TimerTask isn't really recommended to use so what should I use?

[steep sphinx]

<@&1008423204219531294> please have a look, thanks.

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[warped ruin]

i prefer not to schedule to a specific time but to an amount of time in the future (for example: 5 minutes)

[brisk chasm]

Executors

[warped ruin]

to cancel I must store the ScheduledFuture?

or is there another way?

[torpid socket]

You could have a look at kotlinx coroutines and the delay function

[outer river]

How do you want the scheduled task to behave if you shut down the program and restart it

[warped ruin]

disappear

[outer river]

so just in memory

yeah - use a scheduled executor and keep track of the futures to cancel them

is it one time in the future or always a recurring thing?

[warped ruin]

one time

[outer river]

yeah this is the secret sauce

you just need to store the scheduled futures somewhere to be able to cancel them

[warped ruin]

ok thank you