How do i do a countdown? Say in a tips plugin

Hey guys,

Still kinda new to development, and it's gotten to the point that i wanna manage a countdown say for automated broadcasts, how would i do this?

 

http://wiki.bukkit.org/Scheduler_Programming
Use repeated tasks for that :3

 

something like:

Code:

getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, new Runnable() {
  int clock = 120;
  public void run() {
    if (clock < 0) return;
    if (clock < 10 || clock % 10 == 0) getServer().broadcastMessage(clock + " seconds left!");
    clock--;
  }
}, 1L, 20L);

 

Maybe a timer?

Code:

Integer counter = 10;
 
TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
            counter = -1;
            bukkit.BroadcastMessage("Starts in " + counter + " seconds");
 
            if (counter <= 0) { timer.cancel(); }
 
            }
    };
            timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, 1000, 1000);

 

Ok, thanks guys. Looks good.