package org.bukkit.scheduler; import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin; import java.util.concurrent.Callable; import java.util.concurrent.Future; import java.util.List; public interface BukkitScheduler { /** * Schedules a once off task to occur after a delay * This task will be executed by the main server thread * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @param delay Delay in server ticks before executing task * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) */ public int scheduleSyncDelayedTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay); /** * Schedules a once off task to occur as soon as possible * This task will be executed by the main server thread * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) */ public int scheduleSyncDelayedTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task); /** * Schedules a repeating task * This task will be executed by the main server thread * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @param delay Delay in server ticks before executing first repeat * @param period Period in server ticks of the task * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) */ public int scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay, long period); /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Schedules a once off task to occur after a delay, * This task will be executed by a thread managed by the scheduler * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @param delay Delay in server ticks before executing task * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) * @deprecated This name is misleading, as it does not schedule "a sync" task, but rather, "an async" task */ @Deprecated public int scheduleAsyncDelayedTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay); /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Schedules a once off task to occur as soon as possible. * This task will be executed by a thread managed by the scheduler * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) * @deprecated This name is misleading, as it does not schedule "a sync" task, but rather, "an async" task */ @Deprecated public int scheduleAsyncDelayedTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task); /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Schedules a repeating task. * This task will be executed by a thread managed by the scheduler * * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @param delay Delay in server ticks before executing first repeat * @param period Period in server ticks of the task * @return Task id number (-1 if scheduling failed) * @deprecated This name is misleading, as it does not schedule "a sync" task, but rather, "an async" task */ @Deprecated public int scheduleAsyncRepeatingTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay, long period); /** * Calls a method on the main thread and returns a Future object * This task will be executed by the main server thread *

* Note: The Future.get() methods must NOT be called from the main thread * Note2: There is at least an average of 10ms latency until the isDone() method returns true * * @param The callable's return type * @param plugin Plugin that owns the task * @param task Task to be executed * @return Future Future object related to the task */ public Future callSyncMethod(Plugin plugin, Callable task); /** * Removes task from scheduler * * @param taskId Id number of task to be removed */ public void cancelTask(int taskId); /** * Removes all tasks associated with a particular plugin from the scheduler * * @param plugin Owner of tasks to be removed */ public void cancelTasks(Plugin plugin); /** * Removes all tasks from the scheduler */ public void cancelAllTasks(); /** * Check if the task currently running. *

* A repeating task might not be running currently, but will be running in the future. * A task that has finished, and does not repeat, will not be running ever again. *

* Explicitly, a task is running if there exists a thread for it, and that thread is alive. * * @param taskId The task to check. *

* @return If the task is currently running. */ public boolean isCurrentlyRunning(int taskId); /** * Check if the task queued to be run later. *

* If a repeating task is currently running, it might not be queued now but could be in the future. * A task that is not queued, and not running, will not be queued again. * * @param taskId The task to check. *

* @return If the task is queued to be run. */ public boolean isQueued(int taskId); /** * Returns a list of all active workers. *

* This list contains asynch tasks that are being executed by separate threads. * * @return Active workers */ public List getActiveWorkers(); /** * Returns a list of all pending tasks. The ordering of the tasks is not related to their order of execution. * * @return Active workers */ public List getPendingTasks(); /** * Returns a task that will run on the next server tick. * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTask(Plugin plugin, Runnable task) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Returns a task that will run asynchronously. * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTaskAsynchronously(Plugin plugin, Runnable task) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * Returns a task that will run after the specified number of server ticks. * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @param delay the ticks to wait before running the task * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTaskLater(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Returns a task that will run asynchronously after the specified number of server ticks. * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @param delay the ticks to wait before running the task * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTaskLaterAsynchronously(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * Returns a task that will repeatedly run until cancelled, starting after the specified number of server ticks * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @param delay the ticks to wait before running the task * @param period the ticks to wait between runs * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTaskTimer(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay, long period) throws IllegalArgumentException; /** * Asynchronous tasks should never access any API in Bukkit. * Great care should be taken to assure the thread-safety of asynchronous tasks. *
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Returns a task that will repeatedly run asynchronously until cancelled, starting after the specified number of server ticks. * * @param plugin the reference to the plugin scheduling task * @param task the task to be run * @param delay the ticks to wait before running the task for the first time * @param period the ticks to wait between runs * @return a BukkitTask that contains the id number * @throws IllegalArgumentException if plugin is null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if task is null */ public BukkitTask runTaskTimerAsynchronously(Plugin plugin, Runnable task, long delay, long period) throws IllegalArgumentException; }