jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/TimerTask.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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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);
+        }
+    }
+}