JDK-6189055 : (timer) Add nanosecond support to java.util.Timer
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util
  • Affected Version: 5.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • OS: windows_xp
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2004-11-01
  • Updated: 2011-04-05
  • Resolved: 2011-04-05
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6298653 - Use finest granularity clock (System.nanoTime) for sleep, wait, util.Timer ...
Description
A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
In 5.0, nanosecond timing support was added to the API yet util.Timer wasn't updated to include that functionality.  It should be added.

JUSTIFICATION :
Better utilization of the nanosecond timing ability.
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Comments
EVALUATION Use ScheduledExcecutorService for this functionality. It is a more performant and scalable implementation than Timer.
05-04-2011
EVALUATION Too late for Mustang.
14-08-2005
EVALUATION This minifeature was half-implemented, but too late for Tiger. We should try to get it into Mustang. ###@###.### 11/1/04 23:16 GMT
01-11-2004