Missing clarity in TimerTask doc

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 15.09.2014 um 22:39 schrieb Martin Buchholz:
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Timer.html#schedule-java.util.TimerTask-long-
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> IllegalStateException - if task was already scheduled or cancelled, timer was cancelled, or timer 
> thread terminated.

Oops, overseen, thanks!

Maybe it could be extentend to:
IllegalStateException - if task was already scheduled, cancelled or already done, timer was 
cancelled, or timer thread terminated.
... as I assume a TimerTask instance is never reusable.

Is there a reason why a TimerTask is not reset for reuse when cancelled or already done?

-Ulf


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> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis at cosoco.de <mailto:Ulf.Zibis at cosoco.de>> wrote:
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>     Hi all,
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>     I'm missing clarity, if a j.u.TimerTask object can be scheduled more than once.
>     Especially, can it be scheduled again with Timer.schedule(...) after it has been cancelled, or
>     has a new TimerTask object to be instantiated?
>     What happens if a TimerTask is scheduled again before the first schedule had happened; would
>     it then happen twice or would the same run be re-scheduled?
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>     Thanks,
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>     -Ulf
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