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From Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Date Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:04:59 -0500
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On 11/30/2011 8:30 AM, markspace wrote:
> On 11/30/2011 4:28 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>
>> On 11/30/2011 4:31 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>> 2. some way of knowing when the last one completed.
>
>> A simple counter will do it.
>
>
> I'd recommend the simple built-in method "ExecutorService::shutdown()".
> It waits until all tasks have completed.

     ITYM awaitTermination(), a method I hadn't noticed but which
does as you say *and* has a useful timeout.  shutdown(), however,
does not wait: It just "initiates an orderly shutdown" and returns
with the shutdown still (potentially) in progress.

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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  Re: Thread question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-30 02:32 -0800
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    Re: Thread question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-30 03:11 -0800
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        Re: Thread question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-30 09:34 -0800
    Re: Thread question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-30 06:10 -0800
      Re: Thread question markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-30 06:13 -0800
      Re: Thread question Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-30 11:53 -0800
  Re: Thread question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-30 07:28 -0500
    Re: Thread question markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-30 05:30 -0800
      Re: Thread question Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-30 21:04 -0500
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  Re: Thread question Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-30 11:48 -0800
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