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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Thread question
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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.

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Eric Sosman
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