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// GPars - Groovy Parallel Systems
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package groovyx.gpars.forkjoin;

import jsr166y.RecursiveTask;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Implements the ForkJoin worker contract.
 * Subclasses need to implement the compute() to perform the actual Fork/Join algorithm leveraging the options
 * provided by the AbstractForkJoinWorker class. The AbstractForJoinWorker class takes care of the child sub-processes.
 *
 * @author Vaclav Pech
 * Date: Nov 1, 2009
 */
public abstract class AbstractForkJoinWorker extends RecursiveTask {

    /**
     * Stores the child workers
     */
    private List> children = null;

    protected AbstractForkJoinWorker() {
    }

    @Override
    protected final T compute() {
        try {
            return computeTask();
        } finally {
            children = null;
        }
    }

    protected abstract T computeTask();

    /**
     * Forks a child task. Makes sure it has a means to indicate back completion.
     * The worker is stored in the internal list of workers for evidence and easy result retrieval through getChildrenResults().
     *
     * @param child The child task
     */
    protected final void forkOffChild(final AbstractForkJoinWorker child) {
        if (children == null) children = new ArrayList>();
        children.add(child);
        child.fork();
    }

    /**
     * Waits for and returns the results of the child tasks.
     *
     * @return A list of results returned from the child tasks
     */
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
    public final List getChildrenResults() {
        if (children == null) return Collections.emptyList();
        final T[] results = (T[]) new Object[children.size()];
        for (int i = children.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {  //Forks and joins have to be processed in reverse order from one another
            final AbstractForkJoinWorker worker = children.get(i);
            results[i] = worker.join();
        }
        return Arrays.asList(results);
    }
}