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+package org.openslx.util;
+
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * This is a global, static {@link Timer} you can use anywhere for repeating
+ * tasks that will <b>not take a significant amount of time to execute</b>. This
+ * means they should not run any complex data base queries (better yet, none at
+ * all) or do heavy file I/O, etc..
+ * The main reason for this class is to prevent having {@link Timer} threads
+ * everywhere in the server for trivial tasks.
+ */
+public class QuickTimer {
+	
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(QuickTimer.class);
+
+	private static final Timer timer = new Timer("QuickTimer");
+
+	public static void scheduleAtFixedDelay(Task task, long delay, long period) {
+		timer.schedule(task, delay, period);
+	}
+
+	public static void scheduleAtFixedRate(Task task, long delay, long period) {
+		timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, delay, period);
+	}
+
+	public static void scheduleOnce(Task task, long delay) {
+		timer.schedule(task, delay);
+	}
+
+	public static void scheduleOnce(Task timerTask) {
+		scheduleOnce(timerTask, 1);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Cancel this timer. Should only be called when the server is shutting
+	 * down.
+	 */
+	public static void cancel() {
+		timer.cancel();
+	}
+	
+	public static abstract class Task extends TimerTask {
+
+		@Override
+		public final void run() {
+			try {
+				fire();
+			} catch (Throwable t) {
+				LOGGER.warn("A Task threw an exception!", t);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public abstract void fire();
+		
+	}
+
+}