jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TimerTask.java
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    25 
       
    26 package java.util;
       
    27 
       
    28 /**
       
    29  * A task that can be scheduled for one-time or repeated execution by a Timer.
       
    30  *
       
    31  * @author  Josh Bloch
       
    32  * @see     Timer
       
    33  * @since   1.3
       
    34  */
       
    35 
       
    36 public abstract class TimerTask implements Runnable {
       
    37     /**
       
    38      * This object is used to control access to the TimerTask internals.
       
    39      */
       
    40     final Object lock = new Object();
       
    41 
       
    42     /**
       
    43      * The state of this task, chosen from the constants below.
       
    44      */
       
    45     int state = VIRGIN;
       
    46 
       
    47     /**
       
    48      * This task has not yet been scheduled.
       
    49      */
       
    50     static final int VIRGIN = 0;
       
    51 
       
    52     /**
       
    53      * This task is scheduled for execution.  If it is a non-repeating task,
       
    54      * it has not yet been executed.
       
    55      */
       
    56     static final int SCHEDULED   = 1;
       
    57 
       
    58     /**
       
    59      * This non-repeating task has already executed (or is currently
       
    60      * executing) and has not been cancelled.
       
    61      */
       
    62     static final int EXECUTED    = 2;
       
    63 
       
    64     /**
       
    65      * This task has been cancelled (with a call to TimerTask.cancel).
       
    66      */
       
    67     static final int CANCELLED   = 3;
       
    68 
       
    69     /**
       
    70      * Next execution time for this task in the format returned by
       
    71      * System.currentTimeMillis, assuming this task is scheduled for execution.
       
    72      * For repeating tasks, this field is updated prior to each task execution.
       
    73      */
       
    74     long nextExecutionTime;
       
    75 
       
    76     /**
       
    77      * Period in milliseconds for repeating tasks.  A positive value indicates
       
    78      * fixed-rate execution.  A negative value indicates fixed-delay execution.
       
    79      * A value of 0 indicates a non-repeating task.
       
    80      */
       
    81     long period = 0;
       
    82 
       
    83     /**
       
    84      * Creates a new timer task.
       
    85      */
       
    86     protected TimerTask() {
       
    87     }
       
    88 
       
    89     /**
       
    90      * The action to be performed by this timer task.
       
    91      */
       
    92     public abstract void run();
       
    93 
       
    94     /**
       
    95      * Cancels this timer task.  If the task has been scheduled for one-time
       
    96      * execution and has not yet run, or has not yet been scheduled, it will
       
    97      * never run.  If the task has been scheduled for repeated execution, it
       
    98      * will never run again.  (If the task is running when this call occurs,
       
    99      * the task will run to completion, but will never run again.)
       
   100      *
       
   101      * <p>Note that calling this method from within the <tt>run</tt> method of
       
   102      * a repeating timer task absolutely guarantees that the timer task will
       
   103      * not run again.
       
   104      *
       
   105      * <p>This method may be called repeatedly; the second and subsequent
       
   106      * calls have no effect.
       
   107      *
       
   108      * @return true if this task is scheduled for one-time execution and has
       
   109      *         not yet run, or this task is scheduled for repeated execution.
       
   110      *         Returns false if the task was scheduled for one-time execution
       
   111      *         and has already run, or if the task was never scheduled, or if
       
   112      *         the task was already cancelled.  (Loosely speaking, this method
       
   113      *         returns <tt>true</tt> if it prevents one or more scheduled
       
   114      *         executions from taking place.)
       
   115      */
       
   116     public boolean cancel() {
       
   117         synchronized(lock) {
       
   118             boolean result = (state == SCHEDULED);
       
   119             state = CANCELLED;
       
   120             return result;
       
   121         }
       
   122     }
       
   123 
       
   124     /**
       
   125      * Returns the <i>scheduled</i> execution time of the most recent
       
   126      * <i>actual</i> execution of this task.  (If this method is invoked
       
   127      * while task execution is in progress, the return value is the scheduled
       
   128      * execution time of the ongoing task execution.)
       
   129      *
       
   130      * <p>This method is typically invoked from within a task's run method, to
       
   131      * determine whether the current execution of the task is sufficiently
       
   132      * timely to warrant performing the scheduled activity:
       
   133      * <pre>
       
   134      *   public void run() {
       
   135      *       if (System.currentTimeMillis() - scheduledExecutionTime() >=
       
   136      *           MAX_TARDINESS)
       
   137      *               return;  // Too late; skip this execution.
       
   138      *       // Perform the task
       
   139      *   }
       
   140      * </pre>
       
   141      * This method is typically <i>not</i> used in conjunction with
       
   142      * <i>fixed-delay execution</i> repeating tasks, as their scheduled
       
   143      * execution times are allowed to drift over time, and so are not terribly
       
   144      * significant.
       
   145      *
       
   146      * @return the time at which the most recent execution of this task was
       
   147      *         scheduled to occur, in the format returned by Date.getTime().
       
   148      *         The return value is undefined if the task has yet to commence
       
   149      *         its first execution.
       
   150      * @see Date#getTime()
       
   151      */
       
   152     public long scheduledExecutionTime() {
       
   153         synchronized(lock) {
       
   154             return (period < 0 ? nextExecutionTime + period
       
   155                                : nextExecutionTime - period);
       
   156         }
       
   157     }
       
   158 }