Package edu.cnu.mdi.sim.task

Class BackgroundTasks

java.lang.Object

edu.cnu.mdi.sim.task.BackgroundTasks

public final class BackgroundTasks
extends Object

Factory methods for concise one-shot background execution.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <R> TaskHandle<R>	create(BackgroundTask<R> task)	Creates an unstarted handle, allowing listeners to be registered before execution begins.
static <R> TaskHandle<R>	submit(BackgroundTask<R> task)	Creates and immediately starts a task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

create

public static <R> TaskHandle<R> create(BackgroundTask<R> task)

Creates an unstarted handle, allowing listeners to be registered before execution begins.

Type Parameters:

R - result type

Parameters:

task - task to wrap

Returns:

new unstarted handle

submit

public static <R> TaskHandle<R> submit(BackgroundTask<R> task)

Creates and immediately starts a task.

Use create(BackgroundTask) when no callback may be missed, because a very short submitted task can finish before a listener is added.

Type Parameters:

R - result type

Parameters:

task - task to run

Returns:

started handle