Thread Executors

In Java, thread executors provide a higher-level framework for managing and executing tasks. They provide a convenient and efficient way to create and manage thread pools, which can significantly improve the performance and scalability of concurrent applications.

Thread executors are part of the java.util.concurrent package and provide various implementations of the ExecutorService interface. The ExecutorService interface is a higher-level replacement for working directly with threads.

Using thread executors, you can:

• Create thread pools with a fixed number of threads, cached threads, or scheduled threads.
• Submit tasks for execution to the thread pool.
• Control the execution and completion of tasks.

One of the key advantages of using thread executors is the ability to reuse threads, which reduces the overhead of creating and destroying threads for each task. Thread executors also provide built-in thread management features, such as thread pooling, thread reuse, and thread synchronization.

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import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;

import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

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public class ThreadExecutorsExample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    // Create a fixed thread pool with 5 threads

    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5);

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    // Submit tasks to the executor

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

      final int taskId = i;

      executor.submit(() -> {

        System.out.println("Task " + taskId + " started");

        try {

          Thread.sleep(1000);

        } catch (InterruptedException e) {

          e.printStackTrace();

        }

        System.out.println("Task " + taskId + " completed");

      });

    }

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    // Shutdown the executor

    executor.shutdown();

  }

}