Always running code

Is there any way i can have code that runs every tick? or every 5 ticks? or 6? ect.

 

@jumbledProgram Yeah, using a BukkitRunnable. You can create one by creating an anonymous class and override the run() method.

 

wait... so would this code from the wiki run all the time, constantly saying "Welcome to bukkit!"?

Code:

import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;

public final class ExamplePlugin extends JavaPlugin {

@Override
public void onEnable() {
new ExampleListener(this);
}
}

class ExampleListener implements Listener {

private final ExamplePlugin plugin;

public ExampleListener(ExamplePlugin plugin) {
this.plugin = plugin;
this.plugin.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, plugin);
}

@EventHandler
public void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
// Create the task anonymously and schedule to run it once, after 20 ticks
new BukkitRunnable() {

@Override
public void run() {
// What you want to schedule goes here
plugin.getServer().broadcastMessage(
"Welcome to Bukkit! Remember to read the documentation!");
}

}.runTaskLater(this.plugin, 20);
}

}

EDIT: nvm, im really confused

 

@jumbledProgram No, that'd broadcast a message 1 second after a player has joined. You want to use runTaskTimer instead of runTaskLater. (as mentioned below)

Edit: I just noticed how confusing my answer was so, i edited it.

 

No, not constantly. It's using runTaskLater, not runTaskTimer.

Before you setup a task that runs all the time, ask yourself if you really need to. It's best to avoid stuff like that unless you really need it.