## org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Parallel

    java.lang.Object
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      +--org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
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            +--org.apache.tools.ant.Task
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                  +--org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Parallel

All Implemented Interfaces:
  TaskContainer

public class Parallel
extends Task
implements TaskContainer

Executes the contained tasks in separate threads, continuing once all are completed.

New behavior allows for the ant script to specify a maximum number of threads that will be executed in parallel. One should be very careful about using the `waitFor` task when specifying `threadCount` as it can cause deadlocks if the number of threads is too small or if one of the nested tasks fails to execute completely. The task selection algorithm will insure that the tasks listed before a task have started before that task is started, but it will not insure a successful completion of those tasks or that those tasks will finish first (i.e. it's a classic race condition).

Since:
  Ant 1.4
Author:
  Thomas Christen chr@active.ch, Conor MacNeill, Danno Ferrin

Nested Class Summary
`static class` `Parallel.TaskList` Class which holds a list of tasks to execute

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`project`

Constructor Summary
`Parallel()`

Method Summary
`void` `addDaemons(Parallel.TaskList daemonTasks)` Add a group of daemon threads
`void` `addTask(Task nestedTask)` Add a nested task to execute in parallel.
`void` `execute()` Execute the parallel tasks
`void` `setFailOnAny(boolean failOnAny)` Control whether a failure in a nested task halts execution.
`void` `setPollInterval(int pollInterval)` Interval to poll for completed threads when threadCount or threadsPerProcessor is specified.
`void` `setThreadCount(int numThreads)` Statically determine the maximum number of tasks to execute simultaneously.
`void` `setThreadsPerProcessor(int numThreadsPerProcessor)` Dynamically generates the number of threads to execute based on the number of available processors (via `java.lang.Runtime.availableProcessors()`).
`void` `setTimeout(long timeout)` Sets the timeout on this set of tasks.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`getProject, setProject`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Parallel

    public Parallel()

Method Detail

### addDaemons

    public void addDaemons(Parallel.TaskList daemonTasks)

  Add a group of daemon threads

### setPollInterval

    public void setPollInterval(int pollInterval)

  Interval to poll for completed threads when threadCount or threadsPerProcessor is specified. Integer in milliseconds.; optional

  Parameters:
    `pollInterval` - New value of property pollInterval.

### setFailOnAny

    public void setFailOnAny(boolean failOnAny)

  Control whether a failure in a nested task halts execution. Note that the task will complete but existing threads will continue to run - they are not stopped

  Parameters:
    `failOnAny` - if true any nested task failure causes parallel to complete.

### addTask

    public void addTask(Task nestedTask)

  Add a nested task to execute in parallel.

  Specified by:
    `addTask` in interface `TaskContainer`
  Parameters:
    `nestedTask` - Nested task to be executed in parallel

### setThreadsPerProcessor

    public void setThreadsPerProcessor(int numThreadsPerProcessor)

  Dynamically generates the number of threads to execute based on the number of available processors (via `java.lang.Runtime.availableProcessors()`). Requires a J2SE 1.4 VM, and it will overwrite the value set in threadCount. If used in a 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 VM then the task will defer to `threadCount`.; optional

  Parameters:
    `numThreadsPerProcessor` - Number of threads to create per available processor.

### setThreadCount

    public void setThreadCount(int numThreads)

  Statically determine the maximum number of tasks to execute simultaneously. If there are less tasks than threads then all will be executed at once, if there are more then only `threadCount` tasks will be executed at one time. If `threadsPerProcessor` is set and the JVM is at least a 1.4 VM then this value is ignored.; optional

  Parameters:
    `numThreads` - total number of threads.

### setTimeout

    public void setTimeout(long timeout)

  Sets the timeout on this set of tasks. If the timeout is reached before the other threads complete, the execution of this task completes with an exception. Note that existing threads continue to run.

  Parameters:
    `timeout` - timeout in milliseconds.

### execute

    public void execute()
                 throws BuildException

  Execute the parallel tasks

  Overrides:
    `execute` in class `Task`
  Throws:
    `BuildException` - if any of the threads failed.

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