Java ThreadPool usage

Question

I\'m trying to write a multithreaded web crawler.

My main entry class has the following code:

ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(num         


        

Answer 1

I'd like to suggest an AdaptiveExecuter. Based on a characteristic value, you can choose to serialize or parallalize a thread for execution. In the sample below, PUID is a string/object that I wanted to use to make that decision. You can alter the logic to suit your code. Some portions of code are commented to allow further experiments.

class AdaptiveExecutor implements Executor { final Queue tasks = new LinkedBlockingQueue(); Runnable active ; //ExecutorService threadExecutor=Executors.newCachedThreadPool(); static ExecutorService threadExecutor=Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);

AdaptiveExecutor() {
    System.out.println("Initial Queue Size=" + tasks.size());
}

public void execute(final Runnable r) {
    /* if immediate start is needed do either of below two
    new Thread(r).start();

    try {
        threadExecutor.execute(r);
    } catch(RejectedExecutionException rEE ) {
        System.out.println("Thread Rejected " + new Thread(r).getName());
    }

    */


    tasks.offer(r); // otherwise, queue them up
    scheduleNext(new Thread(r)); // and kick next thread either serial or parallel.
    /*
    tasks.offer(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            try {
                r.run();
            } finally {
                scheduleNext();
            }
        }
    });
    */
    if ((active == null)&& !tasks.isEmpty()) {
        active = tasks.poll();
        try {
            threadExecutor.submit(active);
        } catch (RejectedExecutionException rEE) {
            System.out.println("Thread Rejected " + new Thread(r).getName());
        }
    }

    /*
    if ((active == null)&& !tasks.isEmpty()) {
        scheduleNext();
    } else tasks.offer(r);
    */
    //tasks.offer(r);

    //System.out.println("Queue Size=" + tasks.size());

}

private void serialize(Thread th) {
    try {
        Thread activeThread = new Thread(active);

        th.wait(200);
        threadExecutor.submit(th);
    } catch (InterruptedException iEx) {

    }
    /*
    active=tasks.poll();
    System.out.println("active thread is " +  active.toString() );
    threadExecutor.execute(active);
    */
}

private void parallalize() {
    if(null!=active)
        threadExecutor.submit(active);
}

protected void scheduleNext(Thread r) {
    //System.out.println("scheduleNext called") ;
    if(false==compareKeys(r,new Thread(active)))
        parallalize();
    else serialize(r);
}

private boolean compareKeys(Thread r, Thread active) {
    // TODO: obtain names of threads. If they contain same PUID, serialize them.
    if(null==active)
        return true; // first thread should be serialized
    else return false;  //rest all go parallel, unless logic controlls it
}

}