Interface Scheduler

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScheduledExecutorScheduler, TimerScheduler

public interface Scheduler
extends LifeCycle

Schedules tasks to be executed after a delay.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	Scheduler.Task	A delayed task that can be cancelled.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface LifeCycle

LifeCycle.Listener

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Scheduler.Task	schedule(Runnable task, long delay, TimeUnit units)	Schedules a task to be executed after the given delay.
default Scheduler.Task	schedule(Runnable task, Duration delay)	Schedules a task to be executed after the given delay.

Methods inherited from interface LifeCycle

addEventListener, isFailed, isRunning, isStarted, isStarting, isStopped, isStopping, removeEventListener, start, stop

Method Details

schedule

Scheduler.Task schedule(Runnable task,
 long delay,
 TimeUnit units)

Schedules a task to be executed after the given delay.

Parameters:

task - the task to execute

delay - the delay value

units - the unit of time of the delay

Returns:

a delayed task

schedule

default Scheduler.Task schedule(Runnable task,
 Duration delay)

Schedules a task to be executed after the given delay.

Parameters:

task - the task to execute

delay - the delay duration

Returns:

a delayed task