public abstract class RecursiveAction extends ForkJoinTask<Void>
ForkJoinTask
. This class
establishes conventions to parameterize resultless actions as
Void
ForkJoinTask
s. Because null
is the
only valid value of type Void
, methods such as join
always return null
upon completion.
Sample Usages. Here is a simple but complete ForkJoin
sort that sorts a given long[]
array:
static class SortTask extends RecursiveAction {
final long[] array; final int lo, hi;
SortTask(long[] array, int lo, int hi) {
this.array = array; this.lo = lo; this.hi = hi;
}
SortTask(long[] array) { this(array, 0, array.length); }
protected void compute() {
if (hi - lo < THRESHOLD)
sortSequentially(lo, hi);
else {
int mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1;
invokeAll(new SortTask(array, lo, mid),
new SortTask(array, mid, hi));
merge(lo, mid, hi);
}
}
// implementation details follow:
static final int THRESHOLD = 1000;
void sortSequentially(int lo, int hi) {
Arrays.sort(array, lo, hi);
}
void merge(int lo, int mid, int hi) {
long[] buf = Arrays.copyOfRange(array, lo, mid);
for (int i = 0, j = lo, k = mid; i < buf.length; j++)
array[j] = (k == hi || buf[i] < array[k]) ?
buf[i++] : array[k++];
}
}
You could then sort anArray
by creating new
SortTask(anArray)
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, 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;
}
}
Constructor | Description |
---|---|
RecursiveAction () |
Modifier and Type | Method | 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.
|
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public RecursiveAction()
protected abstract void compute()
public final Void getRawResult()
null
.getRawResult
in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
null
alwaysprotected final void setRawResult(Void mustBeNull)
setRawResult
in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
mustBeNull
- the valueprotected final boolean exec()
exec
in class ForkJoinTask<Void>
true
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