I'm new to java executor stuff.
I'm using Java's ExecutorService to launch several threads to process data.
Executor executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize);
for(int i=0; i< 5;i++) executor.execute(new MyRunnable(i));
once the threads don't find data, they gracefully terminate.
My question is what happens to the Executor when all the threads terminate, is it still running its master thread ? or it will terminate itself and whole application will finish gracefully?
in case executor thread still runs, how can I let it terminate once all its child threads are done (poolSize number of threads).
Executor will keep running with it under lying thread pool. you can still execute or submit a new task. It is recommended to shutdown Executor service call ExecutorService.html#shutdown() which attempts to stop all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution.
You can also use ExecutorService.html#shutdownNow() which stops all actively executing tasks, halts the processing of waiting tasks, and returns a list of the tasks that were awaiting execution. It is useful when you need immediate shutdown.
1) threads in a fixed thread pool executor never terminate once started
2) there is no master thread in thread pool executor
you can think of it that way:
shutdown() will just tell the executor service that it can't accept new tasks, but the already submitted tasks continue to run
shutdownNow() will do the same AND will try to cancel the already submitted tasks by interrupting the relevant threads. Note that if your tasks ignore the interruption, shutdownNow will behave exactly the same way as shutdown.
Use shutdown method to gracefully shutdown from interface ExecuterService, as Quoi suggested it still runs even if threads are done. You can use submit anytime after that for new work. Other utility methods are here
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15171927/java-serviceexecutor-terminating-condition