The Future and CompletableFuture classes in Java both represent asynchronous computations, but they have some differences in terms of functionality and usage.
Future:
Future<ResultType> future = executorService.submit(Callable<ResultType> task);
ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
Future<String> future = executor.submit(() -> { Thread.sleep(2000); // Simulate a time-consuming task return "Hello, from Future!";
});
String result = future.get(); // Blocking call to get the result
System.out.println(result);
executor.shutdown(); CompletableFuture:
CompletableFuture<ResultType> future = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(Supplier<ResultType> supplier); CompletableFuture<String> future = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> { try { Thread.sleep(2000); // Simulate a time-consuming task } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return "Hello, from CompletableFuture!";
});
future.thenAccept(result -> System.out.println(result)); // Non-blocking callback - Differences:
- Completion Handling: Future relies on blocking methods like get() for result retrieval, while CompletableFuture provides non-blocking methods like thenAccept() for completion handling.
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Composition:
CompletableFuture supports fluent API and allows chaining of multiple asynchronous operations, whereas Future does not. -
Explicit Completion:
CompletableFuture allows explicit completion via methods like complete() or completeExceptionally(), which can be useful in certain scenarios.
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