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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 
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+ *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 
+ *   - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+ *     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 
+ *   - Neither the name of Oracle nor the names of its
+ *     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ * 
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
+ * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+ * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+// nashorn supports passing script functions whenever
+// a SAM (single abstract method) type object is expected
+
+var System = Java.type("java.lang.System");
+var Timer = Java.type("java.util.Timer");
+var timer = new Timer();
+
+// schedule method accepts java.util.TimerTask
+// which is a single-abstract-method type. you
+// can pass a script function and nashorn will
+// wrap it as SAM implementor.
+
+timer.schedule(function() {
+    print("Hello World!");
+}, 1000);
+
+// wait for timer thread to print by
+// reading from stdin. 
+print("press any key to exit after message from timer...");
+System.in.read();