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Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

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java.util.concurrent
Class RecursiveAction

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask<Void>
      extended by java.util.concurrent.RecursiveAction
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Future<Void>

public abstract class RecursiveAction
extends ForkJoinTask<Void>

A recursive resultless ForkJoinTask. This class establishes conventions to parameterize resultless actions as Void ForkJoinTasks. Because null is the only valid value of type Void, methods such as join always return null upon completion.

Sample Usages. Here is a sketch of a ForkJoin sort that sorts a given long[] array:

 class SortTask extends RecursiveAction {
   final long[] array; final int lo; final int hi;
   SortTask(long[] array, int lo, int hi) {
     this.array = array; this.lo = lo; this.hi = hi;
   }
   protected void compute() {
     if (hi - lo < THRESHOLD)
       sequentiallySort(array, lo, hi);
     else {
       int mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1;
       invokeAll(new SortTask(array, lo, mid),
                 new SortTask(array, mid, hi));
       merge(array, lo, hi);
     }
   }
 }
You could then sort anArray by creating new SortTask(anArray, 0, anArray.length-1) and invoking it in a ForkJoinPool. As a more concrete simple example, the following task increments each element of an array:
 class IncrementTask extends RecursiveAction {
   final long[] array; final int lo; final int hi;
   IncrementTask(long[] array, int lo, int hi) {
     this.array = array; this.lo = lo; this.hi = hi;
   }
   protected void compute() {
     if (hi - lo < THRESHOLD) {
       for (int i = lo; i < hi; ++i)
         array[i]++;
     }
     else {
       int mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1;
       invokeAll(new IncrementTask(array, lo, mid),
                 new IncrementTask(array, mid, hi));
     }
   }
 }

The following example illustrates some refinements and idioms that may lead to better performance: RecursiveActions need not be fully recursive, so long as they maintain the basic divide-and-conquer approach. Here is a class that sums the squares of each element of a double array, by subdividing out only the right-hand-sides of repeated divisions by two, and keeping track of them with a chain of next references. It uses a dynamic threshold based on method getSurplusQueuedTaskCount, but counterbalances potential excess partitioning by directly performing leaf actions on unstolen tasks rather than further subdividing.

 double sumOfSquares(ForkJoinPool pool, double[] array) {
   int n = array.length;
   Applyer a = new Applyer(array, 0, n, null);
   pool.invoke(a);
   return a.result;
 }

 class Applyer extends RecursiveAction {
   final double[] array;
   final int lo, hi;
   double result;
   Applyer next; // keeps track of right-hand-side tasks
   Applyer(double[] array, int lo, int hi, Applyer next) {
     this.array = array; this.lo = lo; this.hi = hi;
     this.next = next;
   }

   double atLeaf(int l, int h) {
     double sum = 0;
     for (int i = l; i < h; ++i) // perform leftmost base step
       sum += array[i] * array[i];
     return sum;
   }

   protected void compute() {
     int l = lo;
     int h = hi;
     Applyer right = null;
     while (h - l > 1 && getSurplusQueuedTaskCount() <= 3) {
        int mid = (l + h) >>> 1;
        right = new Applyer(array, mid, h, right);
        right.fork();
        h = mid;
     }
     double sum = atLeaf(l, h);
     while (right != null) {
        if (right.tryUnfork()) // directly calculate if not stolen
          sum += right.atLeaf(right.lo, right.hi);
       else {
          right.join();
          sum += right.result;
        }
        right = right.next;
      }
     result = sum;
   }
 }

Since:
1.7
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Constructor and Description
RecursiveAction()
           
 
Method Summary
Modifier and Type Method and Description
protected abstract  void compute()
          The main computation performed by this task.
protected  boolean exec()
          Implements execution conventions for RecursiveActions.
 Void getRawResult()
          Always returns null.
protected  void setRawResult(Void mustBeNull)
          Requires null completion value.
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask
adapt, adapt, adapt, cancel, complete, completeExceptionally, fork, get, get, getException, getPool, getQueuedTaskCount, getSurplusQueuedTaskCount, helpQuiesce, inForkJoinPool, invoke, invokeAll, invokeAll, invokeAll, isCancelled, isCompletedAbnormally, isCompletedNormally, isDone, join, peekNextLocalTask, pollNextLocalTask, pollTask, quietlyInvoke, quietlyJoin, reinitialize, tryUnfork
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

RecursiveAction

public RecursiveAction()
Method Detail

compute

protected abstract void compute()
The main computation performed by this task.


getRawResult

public final Void getRawResult()
Always returns null.

Specified by:
getRawResult in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
Returns:
the result, or null if not completed

setRawResult

protected final void setRawResult(Void mustBeNull)
Requires null completion value.

Specified by:
setRawResult in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
Parameters:
mustBeNull - the value

exec

protected final boolean exec()
Implements execution conventions for RecursiveActions.

Specified by:
exec in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
Returns:
true if completed normally

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

DRAFT ea-b118

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