Working with Java Executor framework in multithreaded application

Java Executor Service

Thread Pool Executor

Steps

• Create an executor

  • The newFixedThreadPool () returns a ThreadPoolExecutor instance with an initialized and unbounded queue and a fixed number of threads.

  • The newCachedThreadPool () returns a ThreadPoolExecutor instance initialized with an unbounded queue and unbounded number of threads.

• Create one or more tasks and put in the queue

• Submit the task to the Executor

• Execute the task

• Shutdown the Executor

Examples

• ExecutorServiceExample

References

• Working with Java Executor framework in multithreaded application