src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/TimerTask.java

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       * execution and has not yet run, or has not yet been scheduled, it will
       * never run.  If the task has been scheduled for repeated execution, it
       * will never run again.  (If the task is running when this call occurs,
       * the task will run to completion, but will never run again.)
       *
!      * <p>Note that calling this method from within the <tt>run</tt> method of
       * a repeating timer task absolutely guarantees that the timer task will
       * not run again.
       *
       * <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent
       * calls have no effect.
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       * execution and has not yet run, or has not yet been scheduled, it will
       * never run.  If the task has been scheduled for repeated execution, it
       * will never run again.  (If the task is running when this call occurs,
       * the task will run to completion, but will never run again.)
       *
!      * <p>Note that calling this method from within the {@code run} method of
       * a repeating timer task absolutely guarantees that the timer task will
       * not run again.
       *
       * <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent
       * calls have no effect.
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       * @return true if this task is scheduled for one-time execution and has
       *         not yet run, or this task is scheduled for repeated execution.
       *         Returns false if the task was scheduled for one-time execution
       *         and has already run, or if the task was never scheduled, or if
       *         the task was already cancelled.  (Loosely speaking, this method
!      *         returns <tt>true</tt> if it prevents one or more scheduled
       *         executions from taking place.)
       */
      public boolean cancel() {
          synchronized(lock) {
              boolean result = (state == SCHEDULED);
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       * @return true if this task is scheduled for one-time execution and has
       *         not yet run, or this task is scheduled for repeated execution.
       *         Returns false if the task was scheduled for one-time execution
       *         and has already run, or if the task was never scheduled, or if
       *         the task was already cancelled.  (Loosely speaking, this method
!      *         returns {@code true} if it prevents one or more scheduled
       *         executions from taking place.)
       */
      public boolean cancel() {
          synchronized(lock) {
              boolean result = (state == SCHEDULED);