public class

ExecutorCompletionService

extends Object
implements CompletionService<V>
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService<V>

Class Overview

A CompletionService that uses a supplied Executor to execute tasks. This class arranges that submitted tasks are, upon completion, placed on a queue accessible using take. The class is lightweight enough to be suitable for transient use when processing groups of tasks.

Usage Examples. Suppose you have a set of solvers for a certain problem, each returning a value of some type Result, and would like to run them concurrently, processing the results of each of them that return a non-null value, in some method use(Result r). You could write this as:

    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);
        }
    }
 
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:
    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);
    }
 

Summary

Public Constructors
ExecutorCompletionService(Executor executor)
Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied executor for base task execution and a LinkedBlockingQueue as a completion queue.
ExecutorCompletionService(Executor executor, BlockingQueue<Future<V>> completionQueue)
Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied executor for base task execution and the supplied queue as its completion queue.
Public Methods
Future<V> poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task, waiting if necessary up to the specified wait time if none are yet present.
Future<V> poll()
Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task or null if none are present.
Future<V> submit(Callable<V> task)
Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task.
Future<V> submit(Runnable task, V result)
Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task.
Future<V> take()
Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task, waiting if none are yet present.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.util.concurrent.CompletionService

Public Constructors

public ExecutorCompletionService (Executor executor)

Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied executor for base task execution and a LinkedBlockingQueue as a completion queue.

Parameters
executor the executor to use
Throws
NullPointerException if executor is null

public ExecutorCompletionService (Executor executor, BlockingQueue<Future<V>> completionQueue)

Creates an ExecutorCompletionService using the supplied executor for base task execution and the supplied queue as its completion queue.

Parameters
executor the executor to use
completionQueue the queue to use as the completion queue normally one dedicated for use by this service
Throws
NullPointerException if executor or completionQueue are null

Public Methods

public Future<V> poll (long timeout, TimeUnit unit)

Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task, waiting if necessary up to the specified wait time if none are yet present.

Parameters
timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit
unit a TimeUnit determining how to interpret the timeout parameter
Returns
  • the Future representing the next completed task or null if the specified waiting time elapses before one is present.

public Future<V> poll ()

Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task or null if none are present.

Returns
  • the Future representing the next completed task, or null if none are present.

public Future<V> submit (Callable<V> task)

Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task. Upon completion, this task may be taken or polled.

Parameters
task the task to submit
Returns
  • a Future representing pending completion of the task

public Future<V> submit (Runnable task, V result)

Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task. Upon completion, this task may be taken or polled.

Parameters
task the task to submit
result the result to return upon successful completion
Returns
  • a Future representing pending completion of the task, and whose get() method will return the given result value upon completion

public Future<V> take ()

Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next completed task, waiting if none are yet present.

Returns
  • the Future representing the next completed task