private void start() {
		try {
			timer.schedule(new IsAliveTimerTask(), 0, period);
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			Utils.exitWithFailure("Throwable caught during the startup", t);
		}
	}
private void start() {
		try {
			timer.schedule(new IsAliveTimerTask(), 0, period);
		} catch (Throwable t) {
			Utils.exitWithFailure("Throwable caught during the startup", t);
		}
	}
private void start ( ) { try { timer . schedule ( new IsAliveTimerTask ( ) , 0 , period ) ; } catch ( Throwable t ) { Utils . exitWithFailure ( "Throwable caught during the startup" , t ) ; } }
Starts the checking task
Starts the checking task