public interface ScheduledExecutorService
An ExecutorService 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. The scheduleAtFixedRate and scheduleWithFixedDelay methods create and execute tasks that run periodically until cancelled.
Commands submitted using the Executor.execute(java.lang.Runnable) and ExecutorService submit methods are scheduled with a requested delay of zero. Zero and negative delays (but not periods) are also allowed in schedule 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 a Date to the required form. For example, to schedule at a certain future date , you can use: schedule(task, date.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) . Beware however that expiration of a relative delay need not coincide with the current Date 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.
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); } }
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schedule
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Callable
<V> callable, long delay,
TimeUnit
unit) Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the given delay. |
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ScheduledFuture <?> |
schedule
(
Runnable
command, long delay,
TimeUnit
unit) Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled after the given delay. |
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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 period; that is executions will commence after initialDelay then initialDelay+period , then initialDelay + 2 * period , and so on. |
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ScheduledFuture <?> |
scheduleWithFixedDelay
(
Runnable
command, long initialDelay, long delay,
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. |
Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent. ExecutorService |
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awaitTermination , invokeAll , invokeAll , invokeAny , invokeAny , isShutdown , isTerminated , shutdown , shutdownNow , submit , submit , submit |
Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent. Executor |
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execute |
Method Detail |
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ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
<V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit)
ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit)
ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long delay, TimeUnit unit)