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On 11/30/2011 6:04 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:

> 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.
>


You're probably right, it's been a while since I actually used an 
executor service.