Resched. timer after cancel gives “java.lang.IllegalStateException: Timer cancelled.”

Question

i would like to know whether i can schedule the timer again after i cancelled it. It was stated here, http://www.coderanch.com/t/452066/java/java/Exception-timer-IllegalStat

Answer 1

Yeah, cancelling the timer terminates its thread so you can't use it again. The timer doesn't have any built-in methods for pausing. You can cancel the timer when you want to "pause" and make a new one when you want to "resume".