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package java.util.concurrent;


A service that decouples the production of new asynchronous tasks from the consumption of the results of completed tasks. Producers submit tasks for execution. Consumers take completed tasks and process their results in the order they complete. A CompletionService can for example be used to manage asynchronous I/O, in which tasks that perform reads are submitted in one part of a program or system, and then acted upon in a different part of the program when the reads complete, possibly in a different order than they were requested. 
Typically, a CompletionService relies on a separate Executor to actually execute the tasks, in which case the CompletionService only manages an internal completion queue. The ExecutorCompletionService class provides an implementation of this approach. 
Memory consistency effects: Actions in a thread prior to submitting a task to a CompletionService happen-before
actions taken by that task, which in turn happen-before actions following a successful return from the corresponding take(). 
Since:1.5
/**
 * A service that decouples the production of new asynchronous tasks
 * from the consumption of the results of completed tasks.  Producers
 * {@code submit} tasks for execution. Consumers {@code take}
 * completed tasks and process their results in the order they
 * complete.  A {@code CompletionService} can for example be used to
 * manage asynchronous I/O, in which tasks that perform reads are
 * submitted in one part of a program or system, and then acted upon
 * in a different part of the program when the reads complete,
 * possibly in a different order than they were requested.
 *
 * <p>Typically, a {@code CompletionService} relies on a separate
 * {@link Executor} to actually execute the tasks, in which case the
 * {@code CompletionService} only manages an internal completion
 * queue. The {@link ExecutorCompletionService} class provides an
 * implementation of this approach.
 *
 * <p>Memory consistency effects: Actions in a thread prior to
 * submitting a task to a {@code CompletionService}
 * <a href="package-summary.html#MemoryVisibility"><i>happen-before</i></a>
 * actions taken by that task, which in turn <i>happen-before</i>
 * actions following a successful return from the corresponding {@code take()}.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface CompletionService<V> {
    
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.

Params:
  • task – the task to submit
Throws:
Returns:a Future representing pending completion of the 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.
     *
     * @param task the task to submit
     * @return a Future representing pending completion of the task
     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
     *         scheduled for execution
     * @throws NullPointerException if the task is null
     */
    Future<V> submit(Callable<V> task);

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

Params:
  • task – the task to submit
  • result – the result to return upon successful completion
Throws:
Returns:a Future representing pending completion of the task, and whose get() method will return the given result value upon completion
/**
     * Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future
     * representing that task.  Upon completion, this task may be
     * taken or polled.
     *
     * @param task the task to submit
     * @param result the result to return upon successful completion
     * @return a Future representing pending completion of the task,
     *         and whose {@code get()} method will return the given
     *         result value upon completion
     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
     *         scheduled for execution
     * @throws NullPointerException if the task is null
     */
    Future<V> submit(Runnable task, V result);

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

Throws:
Returns:the Future representing the next completed task
/**
     * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
     * completed task, waiting if none are yet present.
     *
     * @return the Future representing the next completed task
     * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting
     */
    Future<V> take() throws InterruptedException;

    
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
/**
     * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
     * completed task, or {@code null} if none are present.
     *
     * @return the Future representing the next completed task, or
     *         {@code null} if none are present
     */
    Future<V> poll();

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

Params:
  • timeout – how long to wait before giving up, in units of unit
  • unit – a TimeUnit determining how to interpret the timeout parameter
Throws:
Returns:the Future representing the next completed task or null if the specified waiting time elapses before one is present
/**
     * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
     * completed task, waiting if necessary up to the specified wait
     * time if none are yet present.
     *
     * @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of
     *        {@code unit}
     * @param unit a {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the
     *        {@code timeout} parameter
     * @return the Future representing the next completed task or
     *         {@code null} if the specified waiting time elapses
     *         before one is present
     * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting
     */
    Future<V> poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException;
}