Class AbstractFuture<V>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ListenableFuture<V>, Future<V>
    Direct Known Subclasses:
    SettableFuture


    public abstract class AbstractFuture<V>
    extends Object
    implements ListenableFuture<V>
    An abstract implementation of the ListenableFuture interface. This class is preferable to FutureTask for two reasons: It implements ListenableFuture, and it does not implement Runnable. (If you want a Runnable implementation of ListenableFuture, create a ListenableFutureTask, or submit your tasks to a ListeningExecutorService.)

    This class implements all methods in ListenableFuture. Subclasses should provide a way to set the result of the computation through the protected methods set(Object) and setException(Throwable). Subclasses may also override interruptTask(), which will be invoked automatically if a call to cancel(true) succeeds in canceling the future.

    AbstractFuture uses an AbstractQueuedSynchronizer to deal with concurrency issues and guarantee thread safety.

    The state changing methods all return a boolean indicating success or failure in changing the future's state. Valid states are running, completed, failed, or cancelled.

    This class uses an ExecutionList to guarantee that all registered listeners will be executed, either when the future finishes or, for listeners that are added after the future completes, immediately. Runnable-Executor pairs are stored in the execution list but are not necessarily executed in the order in which they were added. (If a listener is added after the Future is complete, it will be executed immediately, even if earlier listeners have not been executed. Additionally, executors need not guarantee FIFO execution, or different listeners may run in different executors.)

    Since:
    1.0
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors

      Modifier Constructor and Description
      protected AbstractFuture()
      Constructor for use by subclasses.
    • Method Summary

      Modifier and Type Method and Description
      void addListener(Runnable listener, Executor exec)
      Registers a listener to be run on the given executor.
      boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning)
       
      V get()
      V get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
      protected void interruptTask()
      Subclasses can override this method to implement interruption of the future's computation.
      boolean isCancelled()
       
      boolean isDone()
       
      protected boolean set(V value)
      Subclasses should invoke this method to set the result of the computation to value.
      protected boolean setException(Throwable throwable)
      Subclasses should invoke this method to set the result of the computation to an error, throwable.
      protected boolean wasInterrupted()
      Returns true if this future was cancelled with mayInterruptIfRunning set to true.
    • Constructor Detail

      • AbstractFuture

        protected AbstractFuture()
        Constructor for use by subclasses.
    • Method Detail

      • isDone

        public boolean isDone()
      • isCancelled

        public boolean isCancelled()
      • cancel

        public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning)
      • interruptTask

        protected void interruptTask()
        Subclasses can override this method to implement interruption of the future's computation. The method is invoked automatically by a successful call to cancel(true).

        The default implementation does nothing.

        Since:
        10.0
      • wasInterrupted

        protected final boolean wasInterrupted()
        Returns true if this future was cancelled with mayInterruptIfRunning set to true.
        Since:
        14.0
      • addListener

        public void addListener(Runnable listener,
                                Executor exec)
        Registers a listener to be run on the given executor. The listener will run when the Future's computation is complete or, if the computation is already complete, immediately.

        There is no guaranteed ordering of execution of listeners, but any listener added through this method is guaranteed to be called once the computation is complete.

        Exceptions thrown by a listener will be propagated up to the executor. Any exception thrown during Executor.execute (e.g., a RejectedExecutionException or an exception thrown by direct execution) will be caught and logged.

        Note: For fast, lightweight listeners that would be safe to execute in any thread, consider MoreExecutors.directExecutor(). For heavier listeners, directExecutor() carries some caveats. For example, the listener may run on an unpredictable or undesirable thread:

        • If this Future is done at the time addListener is called, addListener will execute the listener inline.
        • If this Future is not yet done, addListener will schedule the listener to be run by the thread that completes this Future, which may be an internal system thread such as an RPC network thread.

        Also note that, regardless of which thread executes the directExecutor() listener, all other registered but unexecuted listeners are prevented from running during its execution, even if those listeners are to run in other executors.

        This is the most general listener interface. For common operations performed using listeners, see Futures. For a simplified but general listener interface, see addCallback().

        Specified by:
        addListener in interface  ListenableFuture<V>
        Parameters:
        listener - the listener to run when the computation is complete
        exec - the executor to run the listener in
        Since:
        10.0
      • set

        protected boolean set(V value)
        Subclasses should invoke this method to set the result of the computation to value. This will set the state of the future to AbstractFuture.Sync.COMPLETED and invoke the listeners if the state was successfully changed.
        Parameters:
        value - the value that was the result of the task.
        Returns:
        true if the state was successfully changed.
      • setException

        protected boolean setException(Throwable throwable)
        Subclasses should invoke this method to set the result of the computation to an error, throwable. This will set the state of the future to AbstractFuture.Sync.COMPLETED and invoke the listeners if the state was successfully changed.
        Parameters:
        throwable - the exception that the task failed with.
        Returns:
        true if the state was successfully changed.