What are the ways to implement asynchronous threading in Java?

10 months ago

William Carter

2 minutes

There are several ways to implement asynchronous threads in Java.

By using the Executor and ExecutorService interfaces in the java.util.concurrent package, different types of thread pools such as FixedThreadPool and CachedThreadPool can be created using the Executors factory class to execute asynchronous tasks.
By using the Callable and Future interfaces, the Callable interface is similar to the Runnable interface, but can return a result or throw an exception; the Future interface can be used to obtain the result of an asynchronous task.
By using the CompletableFuture class, which offers a series of methods for handling the completion and combination of asynchronous tasks, asynchronous tasks can be created using the supplyAsync() method.
By using the ScheduledExecutorService interface in the java.util.concurrent package, you can create asynchronous tasks that are scheduled to run at specific intervals.
By using the submit method of a thread pool to submit a Runnable or Callable task, you can retrieve the result of the asynchronous task through the returned Future object.

These are common ways to implement asynchronous threads in Java, developers can choose the suitable method based on their specific requirements to carry out asynchronous tasks.