Package org.silverpeas.core.thread.task

Class AbstractRequestTask<C extends AbstractRequestTask.ProcessContext>

java.lang.Object

org.silverpeas.core.thread.task.AbstractRequestTask<C>

Type Parameters:

C - the type of the context given to a AbstractRequestTask.Request processing.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callable<Void>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BackgroundProcessTask, IndexerTask, MailSenderTask, ServerEventDispatcherTask, WorkflowEngineTask

public abstract class AbstractRequestTask<C extends AbstractRequestTask.ProcessContext>
extends Object
implements Callable<Void>

Centralizing the management of a thread in charge of processing in the background a batch of AbstractRequestTask.Request.
When there is no more AbstractRequestTask.Request to perform, the task ends.
When adding a new AbstractRequestTask.Request to perform, the request is added into a queue and the task is started if it is not running.
Requests are performed one after one.
To add a request to process, use RequestTaskManager.push(Class, Request)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	AbstractRequestTask.ProcessContext	The process context given to the AbstractRequestTask.Request.process(Object) method. The process context instance is provided by getProcessContext() method implementation.
static interface	AbstractRequestTask.Request<C>	Each request must define a method called process which will process the request.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractRequestTask()	Nothing is done for now.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	afterNoMoreRequest()	Invoked when it does not exist AbstractRequestTask.Request to process anymore.
Void	call()	Process all the requests.
protected C	getProcessContext()	Gets the context given for each request to process.
protected int	getRequestQueueLimit()
protected void	processRequest(AbstractRequestTask.Request<C> request)	Processes the given request. Useful for a task which needs to perform some stuffs around the process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractRequestTask

protected AbstractRequestTask()

Nothing is done for now.

Method Detail

getRequestQueueLimit

protected int getRequestQueueLimit()

Returns:

0 indicates no limit, value greater than 0 will block the threads pushing new request if the limit is reached until there is again possibility to push.

getProcessContext

protected C getProcessContext()

Gets the context given for each request to process.

Returns:

the instance of process context.

call

public final Void call()
                throws Exception

Process all the requests. This method should be private but is already declared public in the base class Thread.

Specified by:

call in interface Callable<C extends AbstractRequestTask.ProcessContext>

Throws:

Exception

processRequest

protected void processRequest(AbstractRequestTask.Request<C> request)
                       throws SilverpeasException

Processes the given request.
Useful for a task which needs to perform some stuffs around the process.

Parameters:

request - the request to process.

Throws:

SilverpeasException - on error.

afterNoMoreRequest

protected void afterNoMoreRequest()

Invoked when it does not exist AbstractRequestTask.Request to process anymore. Is is called in any case, even if a severe error has been thrown.