java.util.concurrent
interface ScheduledExecutorService

All Superinterfaces:

Executor, ExecutorService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

Most common way to construct:

ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);

Based on 53 examples

public interface ScheduledExecutorService
extends ExecutorService

An {@link 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 {@link Executor#execute} and {@link 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 {@link 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 {@link Executors} class provides convenient factory methods for the ScheduledExecutorService implementations provided in this package.

Usage Example

 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);
    }
 }
 

schedule

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

Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the given delay.

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

schedule

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

Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled after the given delay.

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

scheduleAtFixedRate

public 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. 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.

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)

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.

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