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  25 /*
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  27  * License version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  28  * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this
  29  * file:
  30  *
  31  * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
  32  * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
  33  * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
  34  */
  35 
  36 package java.util.concurrent;
  37 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
  38 import java.util.*;
  39 
  40 /**
  41  * An {@link ExecutorService} that can schedule commands to run after a given
  42  * delay, or to execute periodically.
  43  *
  44  * <p> The <tt>schedule</tt> methods create tasks with various delays
  45  * and return a task object that can be used to cancel or check
  46  * execution. The <tt>scheduleAtFixedRate</tt> and
  47  * <tt>scheduleWithFixedDelay</tt> methods create and execute tasks
  48  * that run periodically until cancelled.
  49  *
  50  * <p> Commands submitted using the {@link Executor#execute} and
  51  * {@link ExecutorService} <tt>submit</tt> methods are scheduled with
  52  * a requested delay of zero. Zero and negative delays (but not
  53  * periods) are also allowed in <tt>schedule</tt> methods, and are
  54  * treated as requests for immediate execution.
  55  *
  56  * <p>All <tt>schedule</tt> methods accept <em>relative</em> delays and
  57  * periods as arguments, not absolute times or dates. It is a simple
  58  * matter to transform an absolute time represented as a {@link
  59  * java.util.Date} to the required form. For example, to schedule at
  60  * a certain future <tt>date</tt>, you can use: <tt>schedule(task,
  61  * date.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis(),
  62  * TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)</tt>. Beware however that expiration of a
  63  * relative delay need not coincide with the current <tt>Date</tt> at
  64  * which the task is enabled due to network time synchronization
  65  * protocols, clock drift, or other factors.
  66  *
  67  * The {@link Executors} class provides convenient factory methods for
  68  * the ScheduledExecutorService implementations provided in this package.
  69  *
  70  * <h3>Usage Example</h3>
  71  *
  72  * Here is a class with a method that sets up a ScheduledExecutorService
  73  * to beep every ten seconds for an hour:
  74  *
  75  * <pre>
  76  * import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.*;
  77  * class BeeperControl {
  78  *    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler =
  79  *       Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
  80  *
  81  *    public void beepForAnHour() {
  82  *        final Runnable beeper = new Runnable() {
  83  *                public void run() { System.out.println("beep"); }
  84  *            };
  85  *        final ScheduledFuture&lt;?&gt; beeperHandle =
  86  *            scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(beeper, 10, 10, SECONDS);
  87  *        scheduler.schedule(new Runnable() {
  88  *                public void run() { beeperHandle.cancel(true); }
  89  *            }, 60 * 60, SECONDS);
  90  *    }
  91  * }
  92  * </pre>
  93  *
  94  * @since 1.5
  95  * @author Doug Lea
  96  */
  97 public interface ScheduledExecutorService extends ExecutorService {
  98 
  99     /**
 100      * Creates and executes a one-shot action that becomes enabled
 101      * after the given delay.
 102      *
 103      * @param command the task to execute
 104      * @param delay the time from now to delay execution
 105      * @param unit the time unit of the delay parameter
 106      * @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
 107      *         the task and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will return
 108      *         <tt>null</tt> upon completion
 109      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
 110      *         scheduled for execution
 111      * @throws NullPointerException if command is null
 112      */
 113     public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command,
 114                                        long delay, TimeUnit unit);
 115 
 116     /**
 117      * Creates and executes a ScheduledFuture that becomes enabled after the
 118      * given delay.
 119      *
 120      * @param callable the function to execute
 121      * @param delay the time from now to delay execution
 122      * @param unit the time unit of the delay parameter
 123      * @return a ScheduledFuture that can be used to extract result or cancel
 124      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
 125      *         scheduled for execution
 126      * @throws NullPointerException if callable is null
 127      */
 128     public <V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable,
 129                                            long delay, TimeUnit unit);
 130 
 131     /**
 132      * Creates and executes a periodic action that becomes enabled first
 133      * after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given
 134      * period; that is executions will commence after
 135      * <tt>initialDelay</tt> then <tt>initialDelay+period</tt>, then
 136      * <tt>initialDelay + 2 * period</tt>, and so on.
 137      * If any execution of the task
 138      * encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed.
 139      * Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or
 140      * termination of the executor.  If any execution of this task
 141      * takes longer than its period, then subsequent executions
 142      * may start late, but will not concurrently execute.
 143      *
 144      * @param command the task to execute
 145      * @param initialDelay the time to delay first execution
 146      * @param period the period between successive executions
 147      * @param unit the time unit of the initialDelay and period parameters
 148      * @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
 149      *         the task, and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will throw an
 150      *         exception upon cancellation
 151      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
 152      *         scheduled for execution
 153      * @throws NullPointerException if command is null
 154      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if period less than or equal to zero
 155      */
 156     public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command,
 157                                                   long initialDelay,
 158                                                   long period,
 159                                                   TimeUnit unit);
 160 
 161     /**
 162      * Creates and executes a periodic action that becomes enabled first
 163      * after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the
 164      * given delay between the termination of one execution and the
 165      * commencement of the next.  If any execution of the task
 166      * encounters an exception, subsequent executions are suppressed.
 167      * Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or
 168      * termination of the executor.
 169      *
 170      * @param command the task to execute
 171      * @param initialDelay the time to delay first execution
 172      * @param delay the delay between the termination of one
 173      * execution and the commencement of the next
 174      * @param unit the time unit of the initialDelay and delay parameters
 175      * @return a ScheduledFuture representing pending completion of
 176      *         the task, and whose <tt>get()</tt> method will throw an
 177      *         exception upon cancellation
 178      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
 179      *         scheduled for execution
 180      * @throws NullPointerException if command is null
 181      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if delay less than or equal to zero
 182      */
 183     public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command,
 184                                                      long initialDelay,
 185                                                      long delay,
 186                                                      TimeUnit unit);
 187 
 188 }