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.
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.