Interface ExecutorService
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- All Superinterfaces:
- Executor
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- ScheduledExecutorService
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- AbstractExecutorService, ForkJoinPool, ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor, ThreadPoolExecutor
public interface ExecutorService extends Executor
AnExecutor
that provides methods to manage termination and methods that can produce aFuture
for tracking progress of one or more asynchronous tasks.An
ExecutorService
can be shut down, which will cause it to reject new tasks. Two different methods are provided for shutting down anExecutorService
. Theshutdown()
method will allow previously submitted tasks to execute before terminating, while theshutdownNow()
method prevents waiting tasks from starting and attempts to stop currently executing tasks. Upon termination, an executor has no tasks actively executing, no tasks awaiting execution, and no new tasks can be submitted. An unusedExecutorService
should be shut down to allow reclamation of its resources.Method
submit
extends base methodExecutor.execute(Runnable)
by creating and returning aFuture
that can be used to cancel execution and/or wait for completion. MethodsinvokeAny
andinvokeAll
perform the most commonly useful forms of bulk execution, executing a collection of tasks and then waiting for at least one, or all, to complete. (ClassExecutorCompletionService
can be used to write customized variants of these methods.)The
Executors
class provides factory methods for the executor services provided in this package.Usage Examples
Here is a sketch of a network service in which threads in a thread pool service incoming requests. It uses the preconfiguredExecutors.newFixedThreadPool(int)
factory method:class NetworkService implements Runnable { private final ServerSocket serverSocket; private final ExecutorService pool; public NetworkService(int port, int poolSize) throws IOException { serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port); pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize); } public void run() { // run the service try { for (;;) { pool.execute(new Handler(serverSocket.accept())); } } catch (IOException ex) { pool.shutdown(); } } } class Handler implements Runnable { private final Socket socket; Handler(Socket socket) { this.socket = socket; } public void run() { // read and service request on socket } }
ExecutorService
in two phases, first by callingshutdown
to reject incoming tasks, and then callingshutdownNow
, if necessary, to cancel any lingering tasks:void shutdownAndAwaitTermination(ExecutorService pool) { pool.shutdown(); // Disable new tasks from being submitted try { // Wait a while for existing tasks to terminate if (!pool.awaitTermination(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) { pool.shutdownNow(); // Cancel currently executing tasks // Wait a while for tasks to respond to being cancelled if (!pool.awaitTermination(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) System.err.println("Pool did not terminate"); } } catch (InterruptedException ie) { // (Re-)Cancel if current thread also interrupted pool.shutdownNow(); // Preserve interrupt status Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); } }
Memory consistency effects: Actions in a thread prior to the submission of a
Runnable
orCallable
task to anExecutorService
happen-before any actions taken by that task, which in turn happen-before the result is retrieved viaFuture.get()
.- Since:
- 1.5
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description boolean
awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
Blocks until all tasks have completed execution after a shutdown request, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.<T> List<Future<T>>
invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks)
Executes the given tasks, returning a list of Futures holding their status and results when all complete.<T> List<Future<T>>
invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
Executes the given tasks, returning a list of Futures holding their status and results when all complete or the timeout expires, whichever happens first.<T> T
invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks)
Executes the given tasks, returning the result of one that has completed successfully (i.e., without throwing an exception), if any do.<T> T
invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
Executes the given tasks, returning the result of one that has completed successfully (i.e., without throwing an exception), if any do before the given timeout elapses.boolean
isShutdown()
Returnstrue
if this executor has been shut down.boolean
isTerminated()
Returnstrue
if all tasks have completed following shut down.void
shutdown()
Initiates an orderly shutdown in which previously submitted tasks are executed, but no new tasks will be accepted.List<Runnable>
shutdownNow()
Attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.<T> Future<T>
submit(Callable<T> task)
Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task.Future<?>
submit(Runnable task)
Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task.<T> Future<T>
submit(Runnable task, T result)
Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task.
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Method Detail
shutdown
void shutdown()
Initiates an orderly shutdown in which previously submitted tasks are executed, but no new tasks will be accepted. Invocation has no additional effect if already shut down.This method does not wait for previously submitted tasks to complete execution. Use
awaitTermination
to do that.- Throws:
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SecurityException
- if a security manager exists and shutting down this ExecutorService may manipulate threads that the caller is not permitted to modify because it does not holdRuntimePermission
("modifyThread")
, or the security manager'scheckAccess
method denies access.
shutdownNow
List<Runnable> shutdownNow()
Attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.This method does not wait for actively executing tasks to terminate. Use
awaitTermination
to do that.There are no guarantees beyond best-effort attempts to stop processing actively executing tasks. For example, typical implementations will cancel via
Thread.interrupt()
, so any task that fails to respond to interrupts may never terminate.- Returns:
- list of tasks that never commenced execution
- Throws:
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SecurityException
- if a security manager exists and shutting down this ExecutorService may manipulate threads that the caller is not permitted to modify because it does not holdRuntimePermission
("modifyThread")
, or the security manager'scheckAccess
method denies access.
isShutdown
boolean isShutdown()
Returnstrue
if this executor has been shut down.- Returns:
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true
if this executor has been shut down
isTerminated
boolean isTerminated()
Returnstrue
if all tasks have completed following shut down. Note thatisTerminated
is nevertrue
unless eithershutdown
orshutdownNow
was called first.- Returns:
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true
if all tasks have completed following shut down
awaitTermination
boolean awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException
Blocks until all tasks have completed execution after a shutdown request, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.- Parameters:
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timeout
- the maximum time to wait -
unit
- the time unit of the timeout argument - Returns:
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true
if this executor terminated andfalse
if the timeout elapsed before termination - Throws:
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InterruptedException
- if interrupted while waiting
submit
<T> Future<T> submit(Callable<T> task)
Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task. The Future'sget
method will return the task's result upon successful completion.If you would like to immediately block waiting for a task, you can use constructions of the form
result = exec.submit(aCallable).get();
Note: The
Executors
class includes a set of methods that can convert some other common closure-like objects, for example,PrivilegedAction
toCallable
form so they can be submitted.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the task's result - Parameters:
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task
- the task to submit - Returns:
- a Future representing pending completion of the task
- Throws:
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RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for execution -
NullPointerException
- if the task is null
submit
<T> Future<T> submit(Runnable task, T result)
Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task. The Future'sget
method will return the given result upon successful completion.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the result - Parameters:
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task
- the task to submit -
result
- the result to return - Returns:
- a Future representing pending completion of the task
- Throws:
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RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for execution -
NullPointerException
- if the task is null
submit
Future<?> submit(Runnable task)
Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task. The Future'sget
method will returnnull
upon successful completion.- Parameters:
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task
- the task to submit - Returns:
- a Future representing pending completion of the task
- Throws:
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RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for execution -
NullPointerException
- if the task is null
invokeAll
<T> List<Future<T>> invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks) throws InterruptedException
Executes the given tasks, returning a list of Futures holding their status and results when all complete.Future.isDone()
istrue
for each element of the returned list. Note that a completed task could have terminated either normally or by throwing an exception. The results of this method are undefined if the given collection is modified while this operation is in progress.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the values returned from the tasks - Parameters:
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tasks
- the collection of tasks - Returns:
- a list of Futures representing the tasks, in the same sequential order as produced by the iterator for the given task list, each of which has completed
- Throws:
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InterruptedException
- if interrupted while waiting, in which case unfinished tasks are cancelled -
NullPointerException
- if tasks or any of its elements arenull
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RejectedExecutionException
- if any task cannot be scheduled for execution
invokeAll
<T> List<Future<T>> invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException
Executes the given tasks, returning a list of Futures holding their status and results when all complete or the timeout expires, whichever happens first.Future.isDone()
istrue
for each element of the returned list. Upon return, tasks that have not completed are cancelled. Note that a completed task could have terminated either normally or by throwing an exception. The results of this method are undefined if the given collection is modified while this operation is in progress.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the values returned from the tasks - Parameters:
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tasks
- the collection of tasks -
timeout
- the maximum time to wait -
unit
- the time unit of the timeout argument - Returns:
- a list of Futures representing the tasks, in the same sequential order as produced by the iterator for the given task list. If the operation did not time out, each task will have completed. If it did time out, some of these tasks will not have completed.
- Throws:
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InterruptedException
- if interrupted while waiting, in which case unfinished tasks are cancelled -
NullPointerException
- if tasks, any of its elements, or unit arenull
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RejectedExecutionException
- if any task cannot be scheduled for execution
invokeAny
<T> T invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException
Executes the given tasks, returning the result of one that has completed successfully (i.e., without throwing an exception), if any do. Upon normal or exceptional return, tasks that have not completed are cancelled. The results of this method are undefined if the given collection is modified while this operation is in progress.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the values returned from the tasks - Parameters:
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tasks
- the collection of tasks - Returns:
- the result returned by one of the tasks
- Throws:
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InterruptedException
- if interrupted while waiting -
NullPointerException
- if tasks or any element task subject to execution isnull
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IllegalArgumentException
- if tasks is empty -
ExecutionException
- if no task successfully completes -
RejectedExecutionException
- if tasks cannot be scheduled for execution
invokeAny
<T> T invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException
Executes the given tasks, returning the result of one that has completed successfully (i.e., without throwing an exception), if any do before the given timeout elapses. Upon normal or exceptional return, tasks that have not completed are cancelled. The results of this method are undefined if the given collection is modified while this operation is in progress.- Type Parameters:
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T
- the type of the values returned from the tasks - Parameters:
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tasks
- the collection of tasks -
timeout
- the maximum time to wait -
unit
- the time unit of the timeout argument - Returns:
- the result returned by one of the tasks
- Throws:
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InterruptedException
- if interrupted while waiting -
NullPointerException
- if tasks, or unit, or any element task subject to execution isnull
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TimeoutException
- if the given timeout elapses before any task successfully completes -
ExecutionException
- if no task successfully completes -
RejectedExecutionException
- if tasks cannot be scheduled for execution
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