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## java.util.concurrent
Class ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

    java.lang.Object
      java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService
          java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
              java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Executor, ExecutorService, ScheduledExecutorService

    public class ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

extends ThreadPoolExecutor
implements ScheduledExecutorService

A `ThreadPoolExecutor` that can additionally schedule commands to run after a given delay, or to execute periodically. This class is preferable to `Timer` when multiple worker threads are needed, or when the additional flexibility or capabilities of `ThreadPoolExecutor` (which this class extends) are required.

Delayed tasks execute no sooner than they are enabled, but without any real-time guarantees about when, after they are enabled, they will commence. Tasks scheduled for exactly the same execution time are enabled in first-in-first-out (FIFO) order of submission.

While this class inherits from `ThreadPoolExecutor`, a few of the inherited tuning methods are not useful for it. In particular, because it acts as a fixed-sized pool using `corePoolSize` threads and an unbounded queue, adjustments to `maximumPoolSize` have no useful effect.

Extension notes: This class overrides `AbstractExecutorService` `submit` methods to generate internal objects to control per-task delays and scheduling. To preserve functionality, any further overrides of these methods in subclasses must invoke superclass versions, which effectively disables additional task customization. However, this class provides alternative protected extension method `decorateTask` (one version each for `Runnable` and `Callable`) that can be used to customize the concrete task types used to execute commands entered via `execute`, `submit`, `schedule`, `scheduleAtFixedRate`, and `scheduleWithFixedDelay`. By default, a `ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor` uses a task type extending `FutureTask`. However, this may be modified or replaced using subclasses of the form:

     public class CustomScheduledExecutor extends ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor {

       static class CustomTask<V> implements RunnableScheduledFuture<V> { ... }

       protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(
                    Runnable r, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
           return new CustomTask<V>(r, task);
       }

       protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(
                    Callable<V> c, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
           return new CustomTask<V>(c, task);
       }
       // ... add constructors, etc.
     }

Since:
  1.5

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
`ThreadPoolExecutor.AbortPolicy, ThreadPoolExecutor.CallerRunsPolicy, ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy, ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardPolicy`

Constructor Summary
`ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize)` Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given core pool size.
`ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize, RejectedExecutionHandler handler)` Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.
`ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize, ThreadFactory threadFactory)` Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.
`ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize, ThreadFactory threadFactory, RejectedExecutionHandler handler)` Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.

Method Summary
`protected
`<V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V>`
` | `decorateTask(Callable<V> callable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task)` Modifies or replaces the task used to execute a callable.
`protected
`<V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V>`
` | `decorateTask(Runnable runnable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task)` Modifies or replaces the task used to execute a runnable.
`void` | `execute(Runnable command)` Executes command with zero required delay.
`boolean` | `getContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()` Gets the policy on whether to continue executing existing periodic tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`.
`boolean` | `getExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()` Gets the policy on whether to execute existing delayed tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`.
`BlockingQueue<Runnable>` | `getQueue()` Returns the task queue used by this executor.
`boolean` | `remove(Runnable task)` Removes this task from the executor's internal queue if it is present, thus causing it not to be run if it has not already started.
`
`<V> ScheduledFuture<V>`
` | `schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit)` Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the given delay.
`ScheduledFuture<?>` | `schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit)` Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled after the given delay.
`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.
`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.
`void` | `setContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean value)` Sets the policy on whether to continue executing existing periodic tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`.
`void` | `setExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean value)` Sets the policy on whether to execute existing delayed tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`.
`void` | `shutdown()` Initiates an orderly shutdown in which previously submitted tasks are executed, but no new tasks will be accepted.
`List<Runnable>` | `shutdownNow()` Attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.
`
`<T> Future<T>`
` | `submit(Callable<T> task)` Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task.
`Future<?>` | `submit(Runnable task)` Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task.
`
`<T> Future<T>`
` | `submit(Runnable task, T result)` Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task.

Methods inherited from class java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
`afterExecute, allowCoreThreadTimeOut, allowsCoreThreadTimeOut, awaitTermination, beforeExecute, finalize, getActiveCount, getCompletedTaskCount, getCorePoolSize, getKeepAliveTime, getLargestPoolSize, getMaximumPoolSize, getPoolSize, getRejectedExecutionHandler, getTaskCount, getThreadFactory, isShutdown, isTerminated, isTerminating, prestartAllCoreThreads, prestartCoreThread, purge, setCorePoolSize, setKeepAliveTime, setMaximumPoolSize, setRejectedExecutionHandler, setThreadFactory, terminated`

Methods inherited from class java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService
`invokeAll, invokeAll, invokeAny, invokeAny, newTaskFor, newTaskFor`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
`awaitTermination, invokeAll, invokeAll, invokeAny, invokeAny, isShutdown, isTerminated`

Constructor Detail

### ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

    public ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize)

  Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given core pool size.

  Parameters:
    `corePoolSize` - the number of threads to keep in the pool, even if they are idle
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `corePoolSize < 0`

### ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

    public ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize,
                                       ThreadFactory threadFactory)

  Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.

  Parameters:
    `corePoolSize` - the number of threads to keep in the pool, even if they are idle
    `threadFactory` - the factory to use when the executor creates a new thread
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `corePoolSize < 0`
    `NullPointerException` - if threadFactory is null

### ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

    public ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize,
                                       RejectedExecutionHandler handler)

  Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.

  Parameters:
    `corePoolSize` - the number of threads to keep in the pool, even if they are idle
    `handler` - the handler to use when execution is blocked because the thread bounds and queue capacities are reached
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `corePoolSize < 0`
    `NullPointerException` - if handler is null

### ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

    public ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize,
                                       ThreadFactory threadFactory,
                                       RejectedExecutionHandler handler)

  Creates a new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor with the given initial parameters.

  Parameters:
    `corePoolSize` - the number of threads to keep in the pool, even if they are idle
    `threadFactory` - the factory to use when the executor creates a new thread
    `handler` - the handler to use when execution is blocked because the thread bounds and queue capacities are reached.
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `corePoolSize < 0`
    `NullPointerException` - if threadFactory or handler is null

Method Detail

### remove

    public boolean remove(Runnable task)

  Description copied from class: `ThreadPoolExecutor`
  Removes this task from the executor's internal queue if it is present, thus causing it not to be run if it has not already started.

  This method may be useful as one part of a cancellation scheme. It may fail to remove tasks that have been converted into other forms before being placed on the internal queue. For example, a task entered using `submit` might be converted into a form that maintains `Future` status. However, in such cases, method `ThreadPoolExecutor.purge()` may be used to remove those Futures that have been cancelled.

  Overrides:
    `remove` in class `ThreadPoolExecutor`
  Parameters:
    `task` - the task to remove
  Returns:
    true if the task was removed

### decorateTask

    protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Runnable runnable,
                                                          RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task)

  Modifies or replaces the task used to execute a runnable. This method can be used to override the concrete class used for managing internal tasks. The default implementation simply returns the given task.

  Parameters:
    `runnable` - the submitted Runnable
    `task` - the task created to execute the runnable
  Returns:
    a task that can execute the runnable
  Since:
    1.6

### decorateTask

    protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Callable<V> callable,
                                                          RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task)

  Modifies or replaces the task used to execute a callable. This method can be used to override the concrete class used for managing internal tasks. The default implementation simply returns the given task.

  Parameters:
    `callable` - the submitted Callable
    `task` - the task created to execute the callable
  Returns:
    a task that can execute the callable
  Since:
    1.6

### schedule

    public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command,
                                       long delay,
                                       TimeUnit unit)

  Description copied from interface: `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled after the given delay.

  Specified by:
    `schedule` in interface `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `command` - the task to execute
    `delay` - the time from now to delay execution
    `unit` - the time unit of the delay parameter
  Returns:
    a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the task and whose `get()` method will return `null` upon completion

### schedule

    public <V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable,
                                           long delay,
                                           TimeUnit unit)

  Description copied from interface: `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the given delay.

  Specified by:
    `schedule` in interface `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `callable` - the function to execute
    `delay` - the time from now to delay execution
    `unit` - the time unit of the delay parameter
  Returns:
    a ScheduledFuture that can be used to extract result or cancel

### scheduleAtFixedRate

    public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command,
                                                  long initialDelay,
                                                  long period,
                                                  TimeUnit unit)

  Description copied from interface: `ScheduledExecutorService`
  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. If any execution of the task encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed. Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or termination of the executor. If any execution of this task takes longer than its period, then subsequent executions may start late, but will not concurrently execute.

  Specified by:
    `scheduleAtFixedRate` in interface `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `command` - the task to execute
    `initialDelay` - the time to delay first execution
    `period` - the period between successive executions
    `unit` - the time unit of the initialDelay and period parameters
  Returns:
    a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the task, and whose `get()` method will throw an exception upon cancellation

### scheduleWithFixedDelay

    public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command,
                                                     long initialDelay,
                                                     long delay,
                                                     TimeUnit unit)

  Description copied from interface: `ScheduledExecutorService`
  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. If any execution of the task encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed. Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or termination of the executor.

  Specified by:
    `scheduleWithFixedDelay` in interface `ScheduledExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `command` - the task to execute
    `initialDelay` - the time to delay first execution
    `delay` - the delay between the termination of one execution and the commencement of the next
    `unit` - the time unit of the initialDelay and delay parameters
  Returns:
    a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of the task, and whose `get()` method will throw an exception upon cancellation

### execute

    public void execute(Runnable command)

  Executes command with zero required delay. This has effect equivalent to `schedule(command, 0, anyUnit)`. Note that inspections of the queue and of the list returned by `shutdownNow` will access the zero-delayed `ScheduledFuture`, not the `command` itself.

  Specified by:
    `execute` in interface `Executor`
  Overrides:
    `execute` in class `ThreadPoolExecutor`
  Parameters:
    `command` - the task to execute
  Throws:
    `RejectedExecutionException` - at discretion of `RejectedExecutionHandler`, if task cannot be accepted for execution because the executor has been shut down.
    `NullPointerException` - if command is null

### submit

    public Future<?> submit(Runnable task)

  Description copied from interface: `ExecutorService`
  Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task. The Future's `get` method will return `null` upon successful completion.

  Specified by:
    `submit` in interface `ExecutorService`
  Overrides:
    `submit` in class `AbstractExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `task` - the task to submit
  Returns:
    a Future representing pending completion of the task

### submit

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

  Description copied from interface: `ExecutorService`
  Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future representing that task. The Future's `get` method will return the given result upon successful completion.

  Specified by:
    `submit` in interface `ExecutorService`
  Overrides:
    `submit` in class `AbstractExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `task` - the task to submit
    `result` - the result to return
  Returns:
    a Future representing pending completion of the task

### submit

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

  Description copied from interface: `ExecutorService`
  Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future representing the pending results of the task. The Future's `get` method will return the task's result upon successful completion.

  If you would like to immediately block waiting for a task, you can use constructions of the form `result = exec.submit(aCallable).get();`

  Note: The `Executors` class includes a set of methods that can convert some other common closure-like objects, for example, `PrivilegedAction` to `Callable` form so they can be submitted.

  Specified by:
    `submit` in interface `ExecutorService`
  Overrides:
    `submit` in class `AbstractExecutorService`
  Parameters:
    `task` - the task to submit
  Returns:
    a Future representing pending completion of the task

### setContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy

    public void setContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean value)

  Sets the policy on whether to continue executing existing periodic tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`. In this case, these tasks will only terminate upon `shutdownNow`, or after setting the policy to `false` when already shutdown. This value is by default false.

  Parameters:
    `value` - if true, continue after shutdown, else don't.
  See Also:
    `getContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()`

### getContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy

    public boolean getContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()

  Gets the policy on whether to continue executing existing periodic tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`. In this case, these tasks will only terminate upon `shutdownNow` or after setting the policy to `false` when already shutdown. This value is by default false.

  Returns:
    true if will continue after shutdown
  See Also:
    `setContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean)`

### setExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy

    public void setExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean value)

  Sets the policy on whether to execute existing delayed tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`. In this case, these tasks will only terminate upon `shutdownNow`, or after setting the policy to `false` when already shutdown. This value is by default true.

  Parameters:
    `value` - if true, execute after shutdown, else don't.
  See Also:
    `getExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()`

### getExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy

    public boolean getExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy()

  Gets the policy on whether to execute existing delayed tasks even when this executor has been `shutdown`. In this case, these tasks will only terminate upon `shutdownNow`, or after setting the policy to `false` when already shutdown. This value is by default true.

  Returns:
    true if will execute after shutdown
  See Also:
    `setExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy(boolean)`

### shutdown

    public void shutdown()

  Initiates an orderly shutdown in which previously submitted tasks are executed, but no new tasks will be accepted. If the `ExecuteExistingDelayedTasksAfterShutdownPolicy` has been set `false`, existing delayed tasks whose delays have not yet elapsed are cancelled. And unless the `ContinueExistingPeriodicTasksAfterShutdownPolicy` has been set `true`, future executions of existing periodic tasks will be cancelled.

  Specified by:
    `shutdown` in interface `ExecutorService`
  Overrides:
    `shutdown` in class `ThreadPoolExecutor`

### shutdownNow

    public List<Runnable> shutdownNow()

  Attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.

  There are no guarantees beyond best-effort attempts to stop processing actively executing tasks. This implementation cancels tasks via `Thread.interrupt()`, so any task that fails to respond to interrupts may never terminate.

  Specified by:
    `shutdownNow` in interface `ExecutorService`
  Overrides:
    `shutdownNow` in class `ThreadPoolExecutor`
  Returns:
    list of tasks that never commenced execution. Each element of this list is a `ScheduledFuture`, including those tasks submitted using `execute`, which are for scheduling purposes used as the basis of a zero-delay `ScheduledFuture`.
  Throws:
    `SecurityException` - if a security manager exists and shutting down this ExecutorService may manipulate threads that the caller is not permitted to modify because it does not hold `RuntimePermission``("modifyThread")`, or the security manager's `checkAccess` method denies access.

### getQueue

    public BlockingQueue<Runnable> getQueue()

  Returns the task queue used by this executor. Each element of this queue is a `ScheduledFuture`, including those tasks submitted using `execute` which are for scheduling purposes used as the basis of a zero-delay `ScheduledFuture`. Iteration over this queue is not guaranteed to traverse tasks in the order in which they will execute.

  Overrides:
    `getQueue` in class `ThreadPoolExecutor`
  Returns:
    the task queue

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