Java Thread Sleep Tip
Hi,
If you often find yourself writing code similar to this:
...
try {
Thread.sleep(10 * 1000); // sleep for 10 seconds
} catch(final InterruptedException e) {
...
}
...
You can make your intent a lot clearer (and IMHO cleaner) by doing this instead:
...
try {
Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10)); // sleep for 10 seconds
} catch(final InterruptedException e) {
...
}
...
The really nice thing about this approach is that you can substitute the SECONDS to anything else, i.e.,
...
try {
Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(10)); // sleep for 10 hours!
} catch(final InterruptedException e) {
...
}
...
Neato!
-=david=-
