TaskScheduler.java

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package com.hazelcast.spi;

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;


/**
 * {@link ExecutorService} can schedule a command to run after a given delay or execute periodically.
 *
 * The {@link #scheduleWithRepetition(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)} has similar semantic
 * to {@link java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService#scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)}. It
 * guarantees a task won't be executed by multiple threads concurrently. The difference is that this service will
 * skip a scheduled execution if another thread is still running the same task, instead of postponing its execution.
 * To emphasize this difference the method is called <code>scheduleAtFixedRate</code>
 * instead of <code>scheduleAtFixedRate</code>
 *
 * The other difference is this service does not offer an equivalent of
 * {@link java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService#scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)}
 *
 */
public interface TaskScheduler extends Executor {

    /**
     * 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 {@code get()} method will return
     *         {@code null} upon completion
     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
     *         scheduled for execution
     * @throws NullPointerException if command is null
     */
    ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit);

    /**
     * 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 {@code get()} method will return
     *         {@code <V>} upon completion
     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
     *         scheduled for execution
     * @throws NullPointerException if command is null
     */
    <V> ScheduledFuture<Future<V>> schedule(Callable<V> command, 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. Executions will commence after
     * {@code initialDelay} then {@code initialDelay+period}, then
     * {@code initialDelay + 2 * period}, and so on.
     * If any execution of this task
     * takes longer than its period, then subsequent execution will be skipped.
     *
     * @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 {@code get()} 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 is less than or equal to zero
     */
    ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithRepetition(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit);

}