Cancelling method calls when the same method is called multiple time

Question

I think there\'s probably a name for what I\'m describing here, but I don\'t know it. So my first question would be to know the name of this technique.

Here\'s an ex

Answer 1

Given the other answers, and after some searching, it seems there's indeed no library that does what I wanted.

I created one and put it on GitHub. Future readers of this question may find it interesting.

https://github.com/ThomasGirard/JDebounce

I don't think it's very good yet but at least it works and can be used declaratively:

@Debounce(delayMilliseconds = 100)
public void debouncedMethod(int callID, DebounceTest callback) { }