class ReconnectHandler extends TimerTask { // This is how many times we try to reconnect before giving up. private final int totalTries = 20; private int currentTries = 0; // This is the bot we are trying to reconnect. private iKitty bot; // Attempt a reconnect every 30 seconds. Timer timer = new Timer(); public ReconnectHandler(iKitty bot) { this.bot = bot; this.timer.schedule(this, 0, 30 * 1000); } // Close the timer, so this can be garbage collected. public void close() { this.timer.cancel(); } // What do we do? public void run() { try { System.out.println("Attempting to connect again."); // Join the server we were disconnected from. this.bot.reconnect(); // Try to rejoin all of our previous channels. for(int i = 0; i < bot.channels.size(); i++) { bot.joinChannel(bot.channels.get(i)); } } catch(IrcException e) { // Not untill all tries have been exhausted. if(this.currentTries == this.totalTries) { // Allow us to be garbage collected. this.timer.cancel(); // Report to user, and exit. JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "We could not reconnect in " + this.totalTries + ".\nThe bot will now close."); System.exit(0); } } catch(IOException E) { // Not sure what to do, so ... this.timer.cancel(); System.out.println(E); } finally { // Try again. this.currentTries++; } }}