A thread running in the server

Question

Hey ho, didn't know where else to post this...
I'm running Orion web server with mySQL. What I need is a thread, that would perform certain tasks hourly.
Any tips how to do this ? I don't have any clue.

Answer 1

After some research, I finally found a solution. For those interested, here's the code:
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.*;
public class UpdaterThread extends Thread {
      long sleepTime = 1000 * 60 * 60;
      long lastUpdate;
      boolean running = true;
      public UpdaterThread() {
      public void run() {
         while(running) {
               // Do the stuff
            synchronized(this) {
               lastUpdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
                  try {
                     this.wait(sleepTime);
               } catch (Exception e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
      public String getTimeRemaining() {
            long theTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastUpdate;
         theTime = sleepTime - theTime;
         return DateFormat.getInstance().format(new Timestamp(theTime));
      public void stopThread() {
            running = false;
}If someone thinks there is a bug in my code, please tell me asap ! I haven't put this to use yet.