[news.eclipse.technology.equinox] Re: Fire Events Periodically ??

[Christian <fakemail@xxxxxx>]

Gunnar Wagenknecht schrieb:
> Christian schrieb:
> > Use a ScheduledExecutorService on start of your Application to schedule 
> > the next kick off...
>
> Or better, use the Jobs API. It allows to schedule a job to start in the
> future.
>
> -Gunnar

So does the ScheduledExecutorService.
I have found Jobs to be nice if you need to show progress in the GUI 
(and cancelling). Or if you depend on resources to be locked.

Though for simple stuff Jobs api is often Overkill and creating a 
ScheduledExecutorService for the app will be easier.


Might be a matter of preference. Usually when I need some functionality 
and the stdlib provides an equally good solution I would choose the java 
stdlib over other api.

Christian