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An Example: Timer vs ScheduledThreadPool

Explore the differences between Java's Timer and ScheduledThreadPool for managing delayed or periodic threads. Understand Timer's limitations like single-thread bottlenecks and risk of blocking or crashing, and learn why ScheduledThreadPool is often preferred in concurrent applications.

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As an example, we'll compare and contrast using a timer and a pool to schedule periodic or delayed threads.

Timer

The achilles' heel of the Timer class is its use of a single ...