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 function ...

Oracle today released a critical patch update for its Java software that fixes at least 40 security vulnerabilities in this widely deployed program and browser plugin. Updates are available for Java 7 ...

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