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package java.util;

/**

 * A task that can be scheduled for one-time or repeated execution by a

 * {@link Timer}.

 *

 * <p>A timer task is <em>not</em> reusable.  Once a task has been scheduled

 * for execution on a {@code Timer} or cancelled, subsequent attempts to

 * schedule it for execution will throw {@code IllegalStateException}.

 *

 * @author  Josh Bloch

 * @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>{@code

     *   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);

        }

    }

}