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(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 java.util.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);
}
}}
extends