/*
* Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
* Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
* http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
*/
package java.util.concurrent;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
import java.util.*;
/**
* An {@link ExecutorService} that can schedule commands to run after a given
* delay, or to execute periodically.
*
* <p> The <tt>schedule</tt> methods create tasks with various delays
* and return a task object that can be used to cancel or check
* execution. The <tt>scheduleAtFixedRate</tt> and
* <tt>scheduleWithFixedDelay</tt> methods create and execute tasks
* that run periodically until cancelled.
*
* <p> Commands submitted using the {@link Executor#execute} and
* {@link ExecutorService} <tt>submit</tt> methods are scheduled with
* a requested delay of zero. Zero and negative delays (but not
* periods) are also allowed in <tt>schedule</tt> methods, and are
* treated as requests for immediate execution.
*
* <p>All <tt>schedule</tt> methods accept <em>relative</em> delays and
* periods as arguments, not absolute times or dates. It is a simple
* matter to transform an absolute time represented as a {@link
* java.util.Date} to the required form. For example, to schedule at
* a certain future <tt>date</tt>, you can use: <tt>schedule(task,
* date.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis(),
* TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)</tt>. Beware however that expiration of a
* relative delay need not coincide with the current <tt>Date</tt> at
* which the task is enabled due to network time synchronization
* protocols, clock drift, or other factors.
*
* The {@link Executors} class provides convenient factory methods for
* the ScheduledExecutorService implementations provided in this package.
*
* <h3>Usage Example</h3>
*
* Here is a class with a method that sets up a ScheduledExecutorService
* to beep every ten seconds for an hour:
*
* <pre> {@code
* import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.*;
* class BeeperControl {
* private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler =
* Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
*
* public void beepForAnHour() {
* final Runnable beeper = new Runnable() {
* public void run() { System.out.println("beep"); }
* };
* final ScheduledFuture<?> beeperHandle =
* scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(beeper, 10, 10, SECONDS);
* scheduler.schedule(new Runnable() {
* public void run() { beeperHandle.cancel(true); }
* }, 60 * 60, SECONDS);
* }
* }}</pre>
*
* @since 1.5
* @author Doug Lea
*/
public interface ScheduledExecutorService extends ExecutorService {
/**
* Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled
* after the given delay.
*
* @param command the task to execute
* @param delay the time from now to delay execution
* @param unit the time unit of the delay parameter
* @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
* the task and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will return
* <tt>null</tt> upon completion
* @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
* scheduled for execution
* @throws NullPointerException if command is null
*/
public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command,
long delay, TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the
* given delay.
*
* @param callable the function to execute
* @param delay the time from now to delay execution
* @param unit the time unit of the delay parameter
* @return a ScheduledFuture that can be used to extract result or cancel
* @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
* scheduled for execution
* @throws NullPointerException if callable is null
*/
public <V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable,
long delay, TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Creates and executes a periodic action that becomes enabled first
* after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given
* period; that is executions will commence after
* <tt>initialDelay</tt> then <tt>initialDelay+period</tt>, then
* <tt>initialDelay + 2 * period</tt>, and so on.
* If any execution of the task
* encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed.
* Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or
* termination of the executor. If any execution of this task
* takes longer than its period, then subsequent executions
* may start late, but will not concurrently execute.
*
* @param command the task to execute
* @param initialDelay the time to delay first execution
* @param period the period between successive executions
* @param unit the time unit of the initialDelay and period parameters
* @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
* the task, and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will throw an
* exception upon cancellation
* @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
* scheduled for execution
* @throws NullPointerException if command is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if period less than or equal to zero
*/
public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command,
long initialDelay,
long period,
TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Creates and executes 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. If any execution of the task
* encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed.
* Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or
* termination of the executor.
*
* @param command the task to execute
* @param initialDelay the time to delay first execution
* @param delay the delay between the termination of one
* execution and the commencement of the next
* @param unit the time unit of the initialDelay and delay parameters
* @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
* the task, and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will throw an
* exception upon cancellation
* @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
* scheduled for execution
* @throws NullPointerException if command is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if delay less than or equal to zero
*/
public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command,
long initialDelay,
long delay,
TimeUnit unit);
}