AsyncTaskExecutor.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2016 essobedo.
 *
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 */
package com.github.essobedo.appma.core;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

/**
 * Class allowing to execute all the tasks of the application manager asynchronously.
 *
 * @author Nicolas Filotto (nicolas.filotto@gmail.com)
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 1.0
 */
final class AsyncTaskExecutor {

    /**
     * The executor used to launch the tasks asynchronously.
     */
    private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();

    /**
     * Executes a specified task asynchronously.
     * @param runnable the task to execute asynchronously.
     */
    public void execute(final Runnable runnable) {
        executor.execute(runnable);
    }

    /**
     * Stops the executor.
     */
    public void stop() {
        executor.shutdown();
    }
}