ConcurrentUtils.java

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package org.apache.tika.utils;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;

import org.apache.tika.parser.ParseContext;

/**
 * Utility Class for Concurrency in Tika
 *
 * @since Apache Tika 1.11
 */
public class ConcurrentUtils {
    
    /**
     * 
     * Execute a runnable using an ExecutorService from the ParseContext if possible.
     * Otherwise fallback to individual threads.
     * 
     * @param context
     * @param runnable
     * @return
     */
    public static Future execute(ParseContext context, Runnable runnable) {
        
        Future future = null;
        ExecutorService executorService = context.get(ExecutorService.class);
        if(executorService == null) {
            FutureTask task = new FutureTask<>(runnable, null);
            Thread thread = new Thread(task, "Tika Thread");
            thread.start();
            future = task;
        }
        else {
            future = executorService.submit(runnable);
        }
        
        return future;
    }
}