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- All Superinterfaces:
Executor
,ExecutorService
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
public interface ScheduledExecutorService extends ExecutorService
AnExecutorService
that can schedule commands to run after a given delay, or to execute periodically.The
schedule
methods create tasks with various delays and return a task object that can be used to cancel or check execution. ThescheduleAtFixedRate
andscheduleWithFixedDelay
methods create and execute tasks that run periodically until cancelled.Commands submitted using the
Executor.execute(Runnable)
andExecutorService
submit
methods are scheduled with a requested delay of zero. Zero and negative delays (but not periods) are also allowed inschedule
methods, and are treated as requests for immediate execution.All
schedule
methods accept relative delays and periods as arguments, not absolute times or dates. It is a simple matter to transform an absolute time represented as aDate
to the required form. For example, to schedule at a certain futuredate
, you can use:schedule(task, date.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
. Beware however that expiration of a relative delay need not coincide with the currentDate
at which the task is enabled due to network time synchronization protocols, clock drift, or other factors.The
Executors
class provides convenient factory methods for the ScheduledExecutorService implementations provided in this package.Usage Example
Here is a class with a method that sets up a ScheduledExecutorService to beep every ten seconds for an hour:import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.*; class BeeperControl { private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1); public void beepForAnHour() { Runnable beeper = () -> System.out.println("beep"); ScheduledFuture<?> beeperHandle = scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(beeper, 10, 10, SECONDS); Runnable canceller = () -> beeperHandle.cancel(false); scheduler.schedule(canceller, 1, HOURS); } }
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- 1.5
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description ScheduledFuture<?>
schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a one-shot task that becomes enabled after the given delay.<V> ScheduledFuture<V>
schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a value-returning one-shot task that becomes enabled after the given delay.ScheduledFuture<?>
scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a periodic action that becomes enabled first after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given period; that is, executions will commence afterinitialDelay
, theninitialDelay + period
, theninitialDelay + 2 * period
, and so on.ScheduledFuture<?>
scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a periodic action that becomes enabled first after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given delay between the termination of one execution and the commencement of the next.-
Methods declared in interface java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
awaitTermination, invokeAll, invokeAll, invokeAny, invokeAny, isShutdown, isTerminated, shutdown, shutdownNow, submit, submit, submit
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Method Detail
schedule
ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a one-shot task that becomes enabled after the given delay.- Parameters:
command
- the task to executedelay
- the time from now to delay executionunit
- the time unit of the delay parameter- Returns:
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a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the task and whose
get()
method will returnnull
upon completion - Throws:
RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for executionNullPointerException
- if command or unit is null
schedule
<V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a value-returning one-shot task that becomes enabled after the given delay.- Type Parameters:
V
- the type of the callable's result- Parameters:
callable
- the function to executedelay
- the time from now to delay executionunit
- the time unit of the delay parameter- Returns:
- a ScheduledFuture that can be used to extract result or cancel
- Throws:
RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for executionNullPointerException
- if callable or unit is null
scheduleAtFixedRate
ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a periodic action that becomes enabled first after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given period; that is, executions will commence afterinitialDelay
, theninitialDelay + period
, theninitialDelay + 2 * period
, and so on.The sequence of task executions continues indefinitely until one of the following exceptional completions occur:
- The task is explicitly cancelled via the returned future.
- The executor terminates, also resulting in task cancellation.
- An execution of the task throws an exception. In this case calling
get
on the returned future will throwExecutionException
, holding the exception as its cause.
isDone()
on the returned future will returntrue
.If any execution of this task takes longer than its period, then subsequent executions may start late, but will not concurrently execute.
- Parameters:
command
- the task to executeinitialDelay
- the time to delay first executionperiod
- the period between successive executionsunit
- the time unit of the initialDelay and period parameters- Returns:
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a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the series of repeated tasks. The future's
get()
method will never return normally, and will throw an exception upon task cancellation or abnormal termination of a task execution. - Throws:
RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for executionNullPointerException
- if command or unit is nullIllegalArgumentException
- if period less than or equal to zero
scheduleWithFixedDelay
ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
Submits a periodic action that becomes enabled first after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given delay between the termination of one execution and the commencement of the next.The sequence of task executions continues indefinitely until one of the following exceptional completions occur:
- The task is explicitly cancelled via the returned future.
- The executor terminates, also resulting in task cancellation.
- An execution of the task throws an exception. In this case calling
get
on the returned future will throwExecutionException
, holding the exception as its cause.
isDone()
on the returned future will returntrue
.- Parameters:
command
- the task to executeinitialDelay
- the time to delay first executiondelay
- the delay between the termination of one execution and the commencement of the nextunit
- the time unit of the initialDelay and delay parameters- Returns:
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a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the series of repeated tasks. The future's
get()
method will never return normally, and will throw an exception upon task cancellation or abnormal termination of a task execution. - Throws:
RejectedExecutionException
- if the task cannot be scheduled for executionNullPointerException
- if command or unit is nullIllegalArgumentException
- if delay less than or equal to zero
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