ThreadPoolExecutor Class

java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor is an ExecutorService to execute each submitted task using one of possibly several pooled threads, normally configured using Executors factory methods. It also provides various utility methods to check current threads statistics and control them.

ThreadPoolExecutor Methods

Example

The following TestThread program shows usage of ThreadPoolExecutor interface in thread based environment.

import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class TestThread {
	
   public static void main(final String[] arguments) throws InterruptedException {
      ThreadPoolExecutor executor = (ThreadPoolExecutor)Executors.newCachedThreadPool();

      //Stats before tasks execution
      System.out.println("Largest executions: "
         + executor.getLargestPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Maximum allowed threads: "
         + executor.getMaximumPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Current threads in pool: "
         + executor.getPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Currently executing threads: "
         + executor.getActiveCount());
      System.out.println("Total number of threads(ever scheduled): "
         + executor.getTaskCount());

      executor.submit(new Task());
      executor.submit(new Task());

      //Stats after tasks execution
      System.out.println("Core threads: " + executor.getCorePoolSize());
      System.out.println("Largest executions: "
         + executor.getLargestPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Maximum allowed threads: "
         + executor.getMaximumPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Current threads in pool: "
         + executor.getPoolSize());
      System.out.println("Currently executing threads: "
         + executor.getActiveCount());
      System.out.println("Total number of threads(ever scheduled): "
         + executor.getTaskCount());

      executor.shutdown();
   }  

   static class Task implements Runnable {

      public void run() {

         try {
            Long duration = (long) (Math.random() * 5);
            System.out.println("Running Task! Thread Name: " +
               Thread.currentThread().getName());
            TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(duration);
            System.out.println("Task Completed! Thread Name: " +
               Thread.currentThread().getName());
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
         }
      }
   }
}

This will produce the following result.

Output

Largest executions: 0
Maximum allowed threads: 2147483647
Current threads in pool: 0
Currently executing threads: 0
Total number of threads(ever scheduled): 0
Core threads: 0
Largest executions: 2
Maximum allowed threads: 2147483647
Current threads in pool: 2
Currently executing threads: 2
Total number of threads(ever scheduled): 2
Running Task! Thread Name: pool-1-thread-2
Running Task! Thread Name: pool-1-thread-1
Task Completed! Thread Name: pool-1-thread-1
Task Completed! Thread Name: pool-1-thread-2