Writing a pause method in a class which extends TimerTask

Question

I run my method using this code:
synchronized public void run() {
              MainClass.myMethod();
         }and I want to run my method every 10 seconds so I do like this:
public void start() {
              try {
                  timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(getTimeOutControler(), new Date(), 10000);
               } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
          }Now I want to push 2 buttons on a frame so when I click on "start" button the scheduled task begin and when I click on "pause" button the scheduled task pauses. how I can do this?

Answer 1

I can see two solutions to this.
1. You could add a volatile boolean paused flag which you could check in your run method (before it calls the MainClass.myMethod(). This won't actually pause the timer, but it will prevent the method from running. The major drawback I see with this is that if you un-pause then the timer could fire instantly, which may or may not be the desired behaviour.
2. You could cancel the timer, and recreate it when you un-pause. This has the benefit of allowing the full time after you un-pause it (but again, it depends on the behaviour you require).