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package org.snmp4j.util;

/**
 * The {@code WorkerPool} interface models an abstract pool of workers
 * (threads) which can execute {@link WorkerTask}s concurrently.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.9
 */
public interface WorkerPool {

    /**
     * Executes a task on behalf of this worker pool. If all threads are currently
     * busy, this method call blocks until a worker gets idle again which is when
     * the call returns immediately.
     * @param task
     *    a {@code Runnable} to execute.
     */
    void execute(WorkerTask task);

    /**
     * Tries to execute a task on behalf of this worker pool. If all threads are
     * currently busy, this method returns {@code false}. Otherwise the task
     * is executed in background.
     * @param task
     *    a {@code Runnable} to execute.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if the task is executing.
     */
    boolean tryToExecute(WorkerTask task);

    /**
     * Stops all threads in this worker pool gracefully. This method will not
     * return until all threads have been terminated and joined successfully.
     */
    void stop();

    /**
     * Cancels all threads non-blocking by interrupting them.
     */
    void cancel();

    /**
     * Checks if all workers of the pool are idle.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if all workers are idle.
     */
    boolean isIdle();

}




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