Get Object out of a method(runnable) timer

I have implemented a timer that parses a URL every 15 min (the Timer task). An object called ParsedExampleDataSet gets that data.

Whenever I try to retrieve that Object or a String=Object.toString() out of the runnable, I get a null pointer exception and fatal errors.

How can I retrieve it? Is there another implementation that I could try? Why does getBaseContext() not work inside the runnable?

Here is most of my code where I have a problem. I also added two comments where my problem occurs.

 @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
            super.onCreate(icicle)
           final  TextView tv = new TextView(this);
            TimerTask scanTask;
            final Handler handler = new Handler();
            Timer t = new Timer();                  
                scanTask = new TimerTask() {
                    public void run() {
                            handler.post(new Runnable() {
                                    public void run() {
                                        URL url = null;
                                        try {
                                            url = new URL("http://www.eurosport.fr/");
                                        } catch (MalformedURLException e3) {

                                            e3.printStackTrace();
                                        }

                                        /* Get a SAXParser from the SAXPArserFactory. */
                                        SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
                                        SAXParser sp;
                                        try {
                                            sp = spf.newSAXParser();
                                        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e2) {

                                            e2.printStackTrace();
                                        } catch (SAXException e2) {

                                            e2.printStackTrace();
                                        }

                                        /* Get the XMLReader of the SAXParser we created. */
                                        XMLReader xr = null;
                                        try {
                                            sp = spf.newSAXParser();
                                            xr = sp.getXMLReader();
                                        } catch (SAXException e1) {

                                            e1.printStackTrace();
          开发者_如何学编程                              } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {

                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        }
                                        /* Create a new ContentHandler and apply it to the XML-Reader*/
                                        ExampleHandler myExampleHandler = new ExampleHandler();
                                        try {
                                            sp = spf.newSAXParser();
                                        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e1) {
                                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                            e1.printStackTrace();
                                        } catch (SAXException e1) {
                                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                            e1.printStackTrace();
                                        }
                                        xr.setContentHandler(myExampleHandler);

                                        /* Parse the xml-data from our URL. */
                                        try {
                                            xr.parse(new InputSource(url.openStream()));
                                        } catch (IOException e) {

                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        } catch (SAXException e) {

                                            e.printStackTrace();
                                        }
                                        /* Parsing has finished. */

                                        /* Our ExampleHandler now provides the parsed data to us. */
                                        ParsedExampleDataSet parsedExampleDataSet =
                                                                                        myExampleHandler.getParsedData();

                                       System.out.println(parsedExampleDataSet.toString());

                                        tv.setText(parsedExampleDataSet.toString());


                                     Context context = this.getBaseContext(); 

 // I dont understand why inside the runnable getBaseContext() does not exist ???

    Bitmap mBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
            R.raw.nature1)
        context.setWallpaper(mBitmap);


                                    }


                           });

                    }  };
                    // I want to retrieve ParsedExampleDataSEt here in order to use it  is it Possible ????



                    this.setContentView(tv);



                   long temps=1*15*1000;

                t.scheduleAtFixedRate(scanTask, 300,temps ); 

I think it's because when you do: Context context = this.getBaseContext() inside the TimerTask() class, you are referring to a variable which is out of the scope of the class. Because TimerTask() doesn't subclass from ContextWrapper, it doesn't get the context directly. To get the context of the activity (hopefully! and not Application's context), you should do: Context context = ParsedExampleDataSet.this.getBaseContext(); That way you probably shouldn't get any null pointer exceptions.