Start timer in new Thread

Hi, is there any way how to start Bukkit timer in new Thread ?


Exactly this timer:

Code:java

 
Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskTimer(plugin, new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
 
 //repeating timer and inside this timer I need to run other timers
 
Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskLater(plugin, new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
 
//like this
 
 } }, 20*1+20L);
 
 
} }, 20L, (20*1) + 7*20L); 
//and finally I want to cancell it 
 

My problem is that I am working on minigame plugin and I need to run this timer while arena is running and I need new thread or something because when the game starts in second arena I need to create "new" timer because I cannot override the first timer because the game in arena 1 is still running for example.

 

What hinders you to create a task within a task?
You solution above would work.
Just make sure you can still manage those timed tasks (when is what running and for how long and how often)
in your brain.

And please don't mix up "thread" and "task".
Your synchronous timer tasks defined in your post are all run by the servers main thread.
Creating different threads is not trivial. But you should not need this here anyway.

 

CubieX
My problem was how to cancel the timer if there are 2 instances of timer running at the same time. I think I have solved it now my using Threads.

 

http://jd.bukkit.org/rb/apidocs/org...lugin.Plugin, java.lang.Runnable, long, long)

 

Save the TaskID you get from the timer call in some array or HashMap and then you can cancel tasks by using

Code:

Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().cancelTask(myTaskID);

 

Or use BukkitRunnables and you can use this.cancel().

@OP What do you plan to do with this async task?