Auto schedule + Periodic Invoker

Hi All,
I have a small problem for which i'm looking for some easy solution. The problem is that I have a java program that should be invoked by the cron scheduler once on a daily basis.
Now once the program is automatically invoked, i have a logic that tests if certain third-party activity has finished working or not (get a response flag). In-case, if that avtivity is finished then my program proceeds and do its main task. And in-case if that third-party activity is not finished then I want my program to wait until it is finihsed and then do its main task.
So could there be any solution through which my logic for invoking third-party activity is made periodic (in case if the first attempt to thrid-party activity returns not finished flag), without re-invoking the scheduler?
Once the thrid-party activity returns a finished flag, then the periodic invoker should break and my program should proceed with its rest of the work and then finally exit.
Any small mock code example shall be highlly appreciated.
thanks.

You are have understood it correctly, but a normal
loop (while) is not a good idea as the thrid-party
activity can take more than an hour to finish its
task and during that time i dont want my program to
constantly asking the thrid-party whether it has
finished its task or not. The calls to the third
party should be periodic e.g. after every 30 mins or
so.So put in a Thread.sleep(30 * 1000 * 60) call in the loop to make it sleep for 30 minutes before it checks again.
i want my program to be in the sleep mode until it
gets a flag (finished) from the thrd party.Unless you can tell the 3rd party app to notify you somehow, you're stuck with polling it.

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