/** * The MIT License * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Ilkka Seppälä * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package com.iluwatar.threadpool; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; /** * * Thread Pool pattern is where a number of threads are created to perform a number of tasks, which * are usually organized in a queue. The results from the tasks being executed might also be placed * in a queue, or the tasks might return no result. Typically, there are many more tasks than * threads. As soon as a thread completes its task, it will request the next task from the queue * until all tasks have been completed. The thread can then terminate, or sleep until there are new * tasks available. *

* In this example we create a list of tasks presenting work to be done. Each task is then wrapped * into a {@link Worker} object that implements {@link Runnable}. We create an * {@link ExecutorService} with fixed number of threads (Thread Pool) and use them to execute the * {@link Worker}s. * */ public class App { private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(App.class); /** * Program entry point * * @param args command line args */ public static void main(String[] args) { LOGGER.info("Program started"); // Create a list of tasks to be executed List tasks = new ArrayList<>(); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(3)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(6)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(2)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(6)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(4)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(2)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(4)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(9)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(3)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(2)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(4)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(2)); tasks.add(new CoffeeMakingTask(7)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(4)); tasks.add(new PotatoPeelingTask(5)); // Creates a thread pool that reuses a fixed number of threads operating off a shared // unbounded queue. At any point, at most nThreads threads will be active processing // tasks. If additional tasks are submitted when all threads are active, they will wait // in the queue until a thread is available. ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(3); // Allocate new worker for each task // The worker is executed when a thread becomes // available in the thread pool for (int i = 0; i < tasks.size(); i++) { Runnable worker = new Worker(tasks.get(i)); executor.execute(worker); } // All tasks were executed, now shutdown executor.shutdown(); while (!executor.isTerminated()) { Thread.yield(); } LOGGER.info("Program finished"); } }