Dynamic resizing of java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor while it has waiting tasks

Question

I\'m working with a java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor to process a number of items in parallel. Although the threading itself works fine, at times we\'ve

Answer 1

I read the documentation of setMaximumPoolSize() and setCorePoolSize(), and it seems like they can produce the behavior you need.

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My conclusion was wrong: please see the discussion below for details...