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package java.util;
/**
* A task that can be scheduled for one-time or repeated execution by a Timer.
*
* @author Josh Bloch
* @see Timer
* @since 1.3
*/
public abstract class TimerTask implements Runnable {
/**
* This object is used to control access to the TimerTask internals.
*/
final Object lock = new Object();
/**
* The state of this task, chosen from the constants below.
*/
int state = VIRGIN;
/**
* This task has not yet been scheduled.
*/
static final int VIRGIN = 0;
/**
* This task is scheduled for execution. If it is a non-repeating task,
* it has not yet been executed.
*/
static final int SCHEDULED = 1;
/**
* This non-repeating task has already executed (or is currently
* executing) and has not been cancelled.
*/
static final int EXECUTED = 2;
/**
* This task has been cancelled (with a call to TimerTask.cancel).
*/
static final int CANCELLED = 3;
/**
* Next execution time for this task in the format returned by
* System.currentTimeMillis, assuming this task is scheduled for execution.
* For repeating tasks, this field is updated prior to each task execution.
*/
long nextExecutionTime;
/**
* Period in milliseconds for repeating tasks. A positive value indicates
* fixed-rate execution. A negative value indicates fixed-delay execution.
* A value of 0 indicates a non-repeating task.
*/
long period = 0;
/**
* Creates a new timer task.
*/
protected TimerTask() {
}
/**
* The action to be performed by this timer task.
*/
public abstract void run();
/**
* Cancels this timer task. If the task has been scheduled for one-time
* execution and has not yet run, or has not yet been scheduled, it will
* never run. If the task has been scheduled for repeated execution, it
* will never run again. (If the task is running when this call occurs,
* the task will run to completion, but will never run again.)
*
* <p>Note that calling this method from within the <tt>run</tt> method of
* a repeating timer task absolutely guarantees that the timer task will
* not run again.
*
* <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent
* calls have no effect.
*
* @return true if this task is scheduled for one-time execution and has
* not yet run, or this task is scheduled for repeated execution.
* Returns false if the task was scheduled for one-time execution
* and has already run, or if the task was never scheduled, or if
* the task was already cancelled. (Loosely speaking, this method
* returns <tt>true</tt> if it prevents one or more scheduled
* executions from taking place.)
*/
public boolean cancel() {
synchronized(lock) {
boolean result = (state == SCHEDULED);
state = CANCELLED;
return result;
}
}
/**
* Returns the <i>scheduled</i> execution time of the most recent
* <i>actual</i> execution of this task. (If this method is invoked
* while task execution is in progress, the return value is the scheduled
* execution time of the ongoing task execution.)
*
* <p>This method is typically invoked from within a task's run method, to
* determine whether the current execution of the task is sufficiently
* timely to warrant performing the scheduled activity:
* <pre>
* public void run() {
* if (System.currentTimeMillis() - scheduledExecutionTime() >=
* MAX_TARDINESS)
* return; // Too late; skip this execution.
* // Perform the task
* }
* </pre>
* This method is typically <i>not</i> used in conjunction with
* <i>fixed-delay execution</i> repeating tasks, as their scheduled
* execution times are allowed to drift over time, and so are not terribly
* significant.
*
* @return the time at which the most recent execution of this task was
* scheduled to occur, in the format returned by Date.getTime().
* The return value is undefined if the task has yet to commence
* its first execution.
* @see Date#getTime()
*/
public long scheduledExecutionTime() {
synchronized(lock) {
return (period < 0 ? nextExecutionTime + period
: nextExecutionTime - period);
}
}
}