The Java language libraries include a "swing timer," which lets you add a countdown timer on your Java forms. You set up the timer's properties such as the amount of time that passes before a ...

Property files let you reconfigure your Java application without recompiling. Typically, however, you need to restart your application to load the new properties. This tip shows you how to load ...

So I inherited this bit of Java code and it has what I will call a Watchdog Timer.It is set for like 10 minutes and if nothing good happens in 10 minutes it runs some cleanup code.Now when ever ...