Executing code right after server startup

I have a body of code I need to execute, but it can't execute until after all of the other plugins have been enabled, and needs to execute as soon as possible. I don't want to schedule a delayed task because I have no way of knowing how long the server will take for all of the plugins to fully enable.

From a similar thread it looks like this code

Code:

getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, new Runnable(){
            public void run(){
                    //Code here
            }
        });

works, but if it does, why does it work? There's no delay time set so I'm not sure what it waits for, unless this is it's one job.

Thanks!
-Z

 

why not put the code in onenable() ?

 

MrZoraman
As far as I know the scheduler doesn't start working with scheduled task until the server-setup is completed

 

giving no delay will default to 0L, iirc. This should mean it is executed in the next tick.

 

Bump - I'm interested in why this occurs

 

What fireblast709 said. No delay time means next possible execution which is the next tick. The next possible tick is in this case after all plugins loaded and the server starts its normal routine.

 

Bukkit's scheduler is tick-based, ticks don't start until after the server finishes starting up.

Being tick-based is why using tasks through Bukkit's scheduler for time-accurate things is a bad idea.

 

I would stick with the delayed task but if someone joins before your code has not run, cancel the task and then run the code manually before they join.

If it's a private server the plugin could be made to depend on all others so it loads last and therefore runs the code but I wouldn't recommend it at all