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ExecutorCompletionService.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API5205Fri Aug 26 14:57:26 BST 2005java.util.concurrent

ExecutorCompletionService.java

/*
 * @(#)ExecutorCompletionService.java	1.1 04/02/09
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.util.concurrent;


/**
 * A {@link CompletionService} that uses a supplied {@link Executor}
 * to execute tasks.  This class arranges that submitted tasks are,
 * upon completion, placed on a queue accessible using <tt>take</tt>.
 * The class is lightweight enough to be suitable for transient use
 * when processing groups of tasks.
 *
 * <p>
 *
 * <b>Usage Examples.</b>
 *
 * Suppose you have a set of solvers for a certain problem, each
 * returning a value of some type <tt>Result</tt>, and would like to
 * run them concurrently, processing the results of each of them that
 * return a non-null value, in some method <tt>use(Result r)</tt>. You
 * could write this as:
 *
 * <pre>
 *    void solve(Executor e, Collection<Callable<Result>> solvers)
 *      throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
 *        CompletionService<Result> ecs = new ExecutorCompletionService<Result>(e);
 *        for (Callable<Result> s : solvers)
 *            ecs.submit(s);
 *        int n = solvers.size();
 *        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
 *            Result r = ecs.take().get();
 *            if (r != null) 
 *                use(r);
 *        }
 *    }
 * </pre>
 *
 * Suppose instead that you would like to use the first non-null result
 * of the set of tasks, ignoring any that encounter exceptions,
 * and cancelling all other tasks when the first one is ready:
 *
 * <pre>
 *    void solve(Executor e, Collection<Callable<Result>> solvers) 
 *      throws InterruptedException {
 *        CompletionService<Result> ecs = new ExecutorCompletionService<Result>(e);
 *        int n = solvers.size();
 *        List<Future<Result>> futures = new ArrayList<Future<Result>>(n);
 *        Result result = null;
 *        try {
 *            for (Callable<Result> s : solvers)
 *                futures.add(ecs.submit(s));
 *            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
 *                try {
 *                    Result r = ecs.take().get();
 *                    if (r != null) {
 *                        result = r;
 *                        break;
 *                    }
 *                } catch(ExecutionException ignore) {}
 *            }
 *        }
 *        finally {
 *            for (Future<Result> f : futures)
 *                f.cancel(true);
 *        }
 *
 *        if (result != null)
 *            use(result);
 *    }
 * </pre>
 */
public class ExecutorCompletionService<V> implements CompletionService<V> {
    private final Executor executor;
    private final BlockingQueue<Future<V>> completionQueue;

    /**
     * FutureTask extension to enqueue upon completion
     */
    private class QueueingFuture extends FutureTask<V> {
        QueueingFuture(Callable<V> c) { super(c); }
        QueueingFuture(Runnable t, V r) { super(t, r); }
        protected void done() { completionQueue.add(this); }
    }

    /**
     * Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied
     * executor for base task execution and a
     * {@link LinkedBlockingQueue} as a completion queue.
     * @param executor the executor to use
     * @throws NullPointerException if executor is <tt>null</tt>
     */
    public ExecutorCompletionService(Executor executor) {
        if (executor == null) 
            throw new NullPointerException();
        this.executor = executor;
        this.completionQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Future<V>>();
    }

    /**
     * Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied
     * executor for base task execution and the supplied queue as its
     * completion queue.
     * @param executor the executor to use
     * @param completionQueue the queue to use as the completion queue
     * normally one dedicated for use by this service
     * @throws NullPointerException if executor or completionQueue are <tt>null</tt>
     */
    public ExecutorCompletionService(Executor executor,
                                     BlockingQueue<Future<V>> completionQueue) {
        if (executor == null || completionQueue == null) 
            throw new NullPointerException();
        this.executor = executor;
        this.completionQueue = completionQueue;
    }

    public Future<V> submit(Callable<V> task) {
        if (task == null) throw new NullPointerException();
        QueueingFuture f = new QueueingFuture(task);
        executor.execute(f);
        return f;
    }

    public Future<V> submit(Runnable task, V result) {
        if (task == null) throw new NullPointerException();
        QueueingFuture f = new QueueingFuture(task, result);
        executor.execute(f);
        return f;
    }

    public Future<V> take() throws InterruptedException {
        return completionQueue.take();
    }

    public Future<V> poll() {
        return completionQueue.poll();
    }

    public Future<V> poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
        return completionQueue.poll(timeout, unit);
    }

}