--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/common/core/src/main/java/com/redhat/thermostat/common/Timers.java	Tue Sep 20 13:57:38 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Thermostat.
+ *
+ * Thermostat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Thermostat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Thermostat; see the file COPYING.  If not see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Linking this code with other modules is making a combined work
+ * based on this code.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * General Public License cover the whole combination.
+ *
+ * As a special exception, the copyright holders of this code give
+ * you permission to link this code with independent modules to
+ * produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these
+ * independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting
+ * executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also
+ * meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions
+ * of the license of that module.  An independent module is a module
+ * which is not derived from or based on this code.  If you modify
+ * this code, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+ * library, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish
+ * to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+ */
+
+package com.redhat.thermostat.common;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class Timers {
+    private Timers() {
+        // Do not instantiate
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a timer suitable for fetching data to refresh GUI
+     */
+    public static Timer createDataRefreshTimer(TimerFactory factory, Runnable action) {
+        Timer timer = factory.createTimer();
+        timer.setAction(action);
+        timer.setSchedulingType(Timer.SchedulingType.FIXED_RATE);
+        timer.setTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        timer.setInitialDelay(0);
+        timer.setDelay(5);
+        return timer;
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/common/core/src/test/java/com/redhat/thermostat/common/TimersTest.java	Tue Sep 20 13:57:38 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Thermostat.
+ *
+ * Thermostat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Thermostat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Thermostat; see the file COPYING.  If not see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Linking this code with other modules is making a combined work
+ * based on this code.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * General Public License cover the whole combination.
+ *
+ * As a special exception, the copyright holders of this code give
+ * you permission to link this code with independent modules to
+ * produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these
+ * independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting
+ * executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also
+ * meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions
+ * of the license of that module.  An independent module is a module
+ * which is not derived from or based on this code.  If you modify
+ * this code, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+ * library, but you are not obligated to do so.  If you do not wish
+ * to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
+ */
+
+package com.redhat.thermostat.common;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TimersTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyDataRefreshTimer() {
+        TimerFactory factory = mock(TimerFactory.class);
+        when(factory.createTimer()).thenReturn(mock(Timer.class));
+        Runnable action = mock(Runnable.class);
+
+        Timer retTimer = Timers.createDataRefreshTimer(factory, action);
+        verify(retTimer).setAction(action);
+        verify(retTimer).setSchedulingType(Timer.SchedulingType.FIXED_RATE);
+        verify(retTimer).setTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        verify(retTimer).setInitialDelay(0);
+        verify(retTimer).setDelay(5);
+    }
+}