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However, when access to the 034 * resources initialized in a background thread is actually required, 035 * synchronization has to be performed to ensure that their initialization is 036 * complete. 037 * </p> 038 * <p> 039 * This abstract base class provides support for this use case. A concrete 040 * subclass must implement the {@link #initialize()} method. Here an arbitrary 041 * initialization can be implemented, and a result object can be returned. With 042 * this method in place the basic usage of this class is as follows (where 043 * {@code MyBackgroundInitializer} is a concrete subclass): 044 * </p> 045 * 046 * <pre> 047 * MyBackgroundInitializer initializer = new MyBackgroundInitializer(); 048 * initializer.start(); 049 * // Now do some other things. Initialization runs in a parallel thread 050 * ... 051 * // Wait for the end of initialization and access the result object 052 * Object result = initializer.get(); 053 * </pre> 054 * 055 * <p> 056 * After the construction of a {@code BackgroundInitializer} object its 057 * {@link #start()} method has to be called. This starts the background 058 * processing. The application can now continue to do other things. When it 059 * needs access to the object produced by the {@code BackgroundInitializer} it 060 * calls its {@link #get()} method. If initialization is already complete, 061 * {@link #get()} returns the result object immediately. Otherwise it blocks 062 * until the result object is fully constructed. 063 * </p> 064 * <p> 065 * {@code BackgroundInitializer} is a thin wrapper around a {@code Future} 066 * object and uses an {@code ExecutorService} for running the background 067 * initialization task. It is possible to pass in an {@code ExecutorService} at 068 * construction time or set one using {@code setExternalExecutor()} before 069 * {@code start()} was called. Then this object is used to spawn the background 070 * task. If no {@code ExecutorService} has been provided, {@code 071 * BackgroundInitializer} creates a temporary {@code ExecutorService} and 072 * destroys it when initialization is complete. 073 * </p> 074 * <p> 075 * The methods provided by {@code BackgroundInitializer} provide for minimal 076 * interaction with the wrapped {@code Future} object. It is also possible to 077 * obtain the {@code Future} object directly. Then the enhanced functionality 078 * offered by {@code Future} can be used, e.g. to check whether the background 079 * operation is complete or to cancel the operation. 080 * </p> 081 * 082 * @since 3.0 083 * @param <T> the type of the object managed by this initializer class 084 */ 085public abstract class BackgroundInitializer<T> implements 086 ConcurrentInitializer<T> { 087 /** The external executor service for executing tasks. */ 088 private ExecutorService externalExecutor; // @GuardedBy("this") 089 090 /** A reference to the executor service that is actually used. */ 091 private ExecutorService executor; // @GuardedBy("this") 092 093 /** Stores the handle to the background task. */ 094 private Future<T> future; // @GuardedBy("this") 095 096 /** 097 * Creates a new instance of {@code BackgroundInitializer}. No external 098 * {@code ExecutorService} is used. 099 */ 100 protected BackgroundInitializer() { 101 this(null); 102 } 103 104 /** 105 * Creates a new instance of {@code BackgroundInitializer} and initializes 106 * it with the given {@code ExecutorService}. If the {@code ExecutorService} 107 * is not null, the background task for initializing this object will be 108 * scheduled at this service. Otherwise a new temporary {@code 109 * ExecutorService} is created. 110 * 111 * @param exec an external {@code ExecutorService} to be used for task 112 * execution 113 */ 114 protected BackgroundInitializer(final ExecutorService exec) { 115 setExternalExecutor(exec); 116 } 117 118 /** 119 * Returns the external {@code ExecutorService} to be used by this class. 120 * 121 * @return the {@code ExecutorService} 122 */ 123 public final synchronized ExecutorService getExternalExecutor() { 124 return externalExecutor; 125 } 126 127 /** 128 * Returns a flag whether this {@code BackgroundInitializer} has already 129 * been started. 130 * 131 * @return a flag whether the {@link #start()} method has already been 132 * called 133 */ 134 public synchronized boolean isStarted() { 135 return future != null; 136 } 137 138 /** 139 * Sets an {@code ExecutorService} to be used by this class. The {@code 140 * ExecutorService} passed to this method is used for executing the 141 * background task. Thus it is possible to re-use an already existing 142 * {@code ExecutorService} or to use a specially configured one. If no 143 * {@code ExecutorService} is set, this instance creates a temporary one and 144 * destroys it after background initialization is complete. Note that this 145 * method must be called before {@link #start()}; otherwise an exception is 146 * thrown. 147 * 148 * @param externalExecutor the {@code ExecutorService} to be used 149 * @throws IllegalStateException if this initializer has already been 150 * started 151 */ 152 public final synchronized void setExternalExecutor( 153 final ExecutorService externalExecutor) { 154 if (isStarted()) { 155 throw new IllegalStateException( 156 "Cannot set ExecutorService after start()!"); 157 } 158 159 this.externalExecutor = externalExecutor; 160 } 161 162 /** 163 * Starts the background initialization. With this method the initializer 164 * becomes active and invokes the {@link #initialize()} method in a 165 * background task. A {@code BackgroundInitializer} can be started exactly 166 * once. The return value of this method determines whether the start was 167 * successful: only the first invocation of this method returns <b>true</b>, 168 * following invocations will return <b>false</b>. 169 * 170 * @return a flag whether the initializer could be started successfully 171 */ 172 public synchronized boolean start() { 173 // Not yet started? 174 if (!isStarted()) { 175 176 // Determine the executor to use and whether a temporary one has to 177 // be created 178 ExecutorService tempExec; 179 executor = getExternalExecutor(); 180 if (executor == null) { 181 executor = tempExec = createExecutor(); 182 } else { 183 tempExec = null; 184 } 185 186 future = executor.submit(createTask(tempExec)); 187 188 return true; 189 } 190 191 return false; 192 } 193 194 /** 195 * Returns the result of the background initialization. This method blocks 196 * until initialization is complete. If the background processing caused a 197 * runtime exception, it is directly thrown by this method. Checked 198 * exceptions, including {@code InterruptedException} are wrapped in a 199 * {@link ConcurrentException}. Calling this method before {@link #start()} 200 * was called causes an {@code IllegalStateException} exception to be 201 * thrown. 202 * 203 * @return the object produced by this initializer 204 * @throws ConcurrentException if a checked exception occurred during 205 * background processing 206 * @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #start()} has not been called 207 */ 208 @Override 209 public T get() throws ConcurrentException { 210 try { 211 return getFuture().get(); 212 } catch (final ExecutionException execex) { 213 ConcurrentUtils.handleCause(execex); 214 return null; // should not be reached 215 } catch (final InterruptedException iex) { 216 // reset interrupted state 217 Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); 218 throw new ConcurrentException(iex); 219 } 220 } 221 222 /** 223 * Returns the {@code Future} object that was created when {@link #start()} 224 * was called. Therefore this method can only be called after {@code 225 * start()}. 226 * 227 * @return the {@code Future} object wrapped by this initializer 228 * @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #start()} has not been called 229 */ 230 public synchronized Future<T> getFuture() { 231 if (future == null) { 232 throw new IllegalStateException("start() must be called first!"); 233 } 234 235 return future; 236 } 237 238 /** 239 * Returns the {@code ExecutorService} that is actually used for executing 240 * the background task. This method can be called after {@link #start()} 241 * (before {@code start()} it returns <b>null</b>). If an external executor 242 * was set, this is also the active executor. Otherwise this method returns 243 * the temporary executor that was created by this object. 244 * 245 * @return the {@code ExecutorService} for executing the background task 246 */ 247 protected final synchronized ExecutorService getActiveExecutor() { 248 return executor; 249 } 250 251 /** 252 * Returns the number of background tasks to be created for this 253 * initializer. This information is evaluated when a temporary {@code 254 * ExecutorService} is created. This base implementation returns 1. Derived 255 * classes that do more complex background processing can override it. This 256 * method is called from a synchronized block by the {@link #start()} 257 * method. Therefore overriding methods should be careful with obtaining 258 * other locks and return as fast as possible. 259 * 260 * @return the number of background tasks required by this initializer 261 */ 262 protected int getTaskCount() { 263 return 1; 264 } 265 266 /** 267 * Performs the initialization. This method is called in a background task 268 * when this {@code BackgroundInitializer} is started. It must be 269 * implemented by a concrete subclass. An implementation is free to perform 270 * arbitrary initialization. The object returned by this method can be 271 * queried using the {@link #get()} method. 272 * 273 * @return a result object 274 * @throws Exception if an error occurs 275 */ 276 protected abstract T initialize() throws Exception; 277 278 /** 279 * Creates a task for the background initialization. The {@code Callable} 280 * object returned by this method is passed to the {@code ExecutorService}. 281 * This implementation returns a task that invokes the {@link #initialize()} 282 * method. If a temporary {@code ExecutorService} is used, it is destroyed 283 * at the end of the task. 284 * 285 * @param execDestroy the {@code ExecutorService} to be destroyed by the 286 * task 287 * @return a task for the background initialization 288 */ 289 private Callable<T> createTask(final ExecutorService execDestroy) { 290 return new InitializationTask(execDestroy); 291 } 292 293 /** 294 * Creates the {@code ExecutorService} to be used. This method is called if 295 * no {@code ExecutorService} was provided at construction time. 296 * 297 * @return the {@code ExecutorService} to be used 298 */ 299 private ExecutorService createExecutor() { 300 return Executors.newFixedThreadPool(getTaskCount()); 301 } 302 303 private class InitializationTask implements Callable<T> { 304 /** Stores the executor service to be destroyed at the end. */ 305 private final ExecutorService execFinally; 306 307 /** 308 * Creates a new instance of {@code InitializationTask} and initializes 309 * it with the {@code ExecutorService} to be destroyed at the end. 310 * 311 * @param exec the {@code ExecutorService} 312 */ 313 InitializationTask(final ExecutorService exec) { 314 execFinally = exec; 315 } 316 317 /** 318 * Initiates initialization and returns the result. 319 * 320 * @return the result object 321 * @throws Exception if an error occurs 322 */ 323 @Override 324 public T call() throws Exception { 325 try { 326 return initialize(); 327 } finally { 328 if (execFinally != null) { 329 execFinally.shutdown(); 330 } 331 } 332 } 333 } 334}