Timer和ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor的区别及源码分析

Timer

基于单线程、系统时间实现的延时、定期任务执行类。具体可以看下面红色标注的代码。

public class Timer {
    /**
     * The timer task queue.  This data structure is shared with the timer
     * thread.  The timer produces tasks, via its various schedule calls,
     * and the timer thread consumes, executing timer tasks as appropriate,
     * and removing them from the queue when they're obsolete.
     */
    private final TaskQueue queue = new TaskQueue();

    /**
     * The timer thread.*/
    private final TimerThread thread = new TimerThread(queue);

class TimerThread extends Thread {
    /**
     * This flag is set to false by the reaper to inform us that there
     * are no more live references to our Timer object.  Once this flag
     * is true and there are no more tasks in our queue, there is no
     * work left for us to do, so we terminate gracefully.  Note that
     * this field is protected by queue's monitor!
     */
    boolean newTasksMayBeScheduled = true;

    /**
     * Our Timer's queue.  We store this reference in preference to
     * a reference to the Timer so the reference graph remains acyclic.
     * Otherwise, the Timer would never be garbage-collected and this
     * thread would never go away.
     */
    private TaskQueue queue;

    TimerThread(TaskQueue queue) {
        this.queue = queue;
    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            mainLoop();
        } finally {
            // Someone killed this Thread, behave as if Timer cancelled
            synchronized(queue) {
                newTasksMayBeScheduled = false;
                queue.clear();  // Eliminate obsolete references
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * The main timer loop.  (See class comment.)
     */
    private void mainLoop() {
        while (true) {
            try {
                TimerTask task;
                boolean taskFired;
                synchronized(queue) {
                    // Wait for queue to become non-empty
                    while (queue.isEmpty() && newTasksMayBeScheduled)
                        queue.wait();
                    if (queue.isEmpty())
                        break; // Queue is empty and will forever remain; die

                    // Queue nonempty; look at first evt and do the right thing
                    long currentTime, executionTime;
                    task = queue.getMin();
                    synchronized(task.lock) {
                        if (task.state == TimerTask.CANCELLED) {
                            queue.removeMin();
                            continue;  // No action required, poll queue again
                        }
                        currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                        executionTime = task.nextExecutionTime;
                        if (taskFired = (executionTime<=currentTime)) {
                            if (task.period == 0) { // Non-repeating, remove
                                queue.removeMin();
                                task.state = TimerTask.EXECUTED;
                            } else { // Repeating task, reschedule
                                queue.rescheduleMin(
                                  task.period<0 ? currentTime   - task.period
                                                : executionTime + task.period);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    if (!taskFired) // Task hasn't yet fired; wait
                        queue.wait(executionTime - currentTime);
                }
                if (taskFired)  // Task fired; run it, holding no locks
                    task.run();
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {
            }
        }
    }
}

 Timer延时、定时任务的实现采用单线程，在主循环(mainLoop)中循环遍历任务队列（TaskQueue）,如果执行时间小于等于当前系统时间则执行任务，否则继续等待（执行时间-当前时间）。

ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor

基于多线程、JVM时间实现的延时、定期任务执行类。具体可以看下面红色标注的代码。

 public ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize) {
        super(corePoolSize, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 0, NANOSECONDS,
              new DelayedWorkQueue());
    }

 public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command,
                                                     long initialDelay,
                                                     long delay,
                                                     TimeUnit unit) {
        if (command == null || unit == null)
            throw new NullPointerException();
        if (delay <= 0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        ScheduledFutureTask<Void> sft =
            new ScheduledFutureTask<Void>(command,
                                          null,
                                          triggerTime(initialDelay, unit),
                                          unit.toNanos(-delay));
        RunnableScheduledFuture<Void> t = decorateTask(command, sft);
        sft.outerTask = t;
        delayedExecute(t);
        return t;
    }

 private void delayedExecute(RunnableScheduledFuture<?> task) {
        if (isShutdown())
            reject(task);
        else {
            super.getQueue().add(task);
            if (isShutdown() &&
                !canRunInCurrentRunState(task.isPeriodic()) &&
                remove(task))
                task.cancel(false);
            else
                ensurePrestart();
        }
    }

 void ensurePrestart() {
        int wc = workerCountOf(ctl.get());
        if (wc < corePoolSize)
            addWorker(null, true);
        else if (wc == 0)
            addWorker(null, false);
    }

private boolean addWorker(Runnable firstTask, boolean core) {
        retry:
        for (;;) {
            int c = ctl.get();
            int rs = runStateOf(c);

            // Check if queue empty only if necessary.
            if (rs >= SHUTDOWN &&
                ! (rs == SHUTDOWN &&
                   firstTask == null &&
                   ! workQueue.isEmpty()))
                return false;

            for (;;) {
                int wc = workerCountOf(c);
                if (wc >= CAPACITY ||
                    wc >= (core ? corePoolSize : maximumPoolSize))
                    return false;
                if (compareAndIncrementWorkerCount(c))
                    break retry;
                c = ctl.get();  // Re-read ctl
                if (runStateOf(c) != rs)
                    continue retry;
                // else CAS failed due to workerCount change; retry inner loop
            }
        }

        boolean workerStarted = false;
        boolean workerAdded = false;
        Worker w = null;
        try {
            w = new Worker(firstTask);
            final Thread t = w.thread;
            if (t != null) {
                final ReentrantLock mainLock = this.mainLock;
                mainLock.lock();
                try {
                    // Recheck while holding lock.
                    // Back out on ThreadFactory failure or if
                    // shut down before lock acquired.
                    int rs = runStateOf(ctl.get());

                    if (rs < SHUTDOWN ||
                        (rs == SHUTDOWN && firstTask == null)) {
                        if (t.isAlive()) // precheck that t is startable
                            throw new IllegalThreadStateException();
                        workers.add(w);
                        int s = workers.size();
                        if (s > largestPoolSize)
                            largestPoolSize = s;
                        workerAdded = true;
                    }
                } finally {
                    mainLock.unlock();
                }
                if (workerAdded) {
                    t.start();
                    workerStarted = true;
                }
            }
        } finally {
            if (! workerStarted)
                addWorkerFailed(w);
        }
        return workerStarted;
    }

final void runWorker(Worker w) {
        Thread wt = Thread.currentThread();
        Runnable task = w.firstTask;
        w.firstTask = null;
        w.unlock(); // allow interrupts
        boolean completedAbruptly = true;
        try {
            while (task != null || (task = getTask()) != null) {
                w.lock();
                // If pool is stopping, ensure thread is interrupted;
                // if not, ensure thread is not interrupted.  This
                // requires a recheck in second case to deal with
                // shutdownNow race while clearing interrupt
                if ((runStateAtLeast(ctl.get(), STOP) ||
                     (Thread.interrupted() &&
                      runStateAtLeast(ctl.get(), STOP))) &&
                    !wt.isInterrupted())
                    wt.interrupt();
                try {
                    beforeExecute(wt, task);
                    Throwable thrown = null;
                    try {
                        task.run();
                    } catch (RuntimeException x) {
                        thrown = x; throw x;
                    } catch (Error x) {
                        thrown = x; throw x;
                    } catch (Throwable x) {
                        thrown = x; throw new Error(x);
                    } finally {
                        afterExecute(task, thrown);
                    }
                } finally {
                    task = null;
                    w.completedTasks++;
                    w.unlock();
                }
            }
            completedAbruptly = false;
        } finally {
            processWorkerExit(w, completedAbruptly);
        }
    }

 private Runnable getTask() {
        boolean timedOut = false; // Did the last poll() time out?

        for (;;) {
            int c = ctl.get();
            int rs = runStateOf(c);

            // Check if queue empty only if necessary.
            if (rs >= SHUTDOWN && (rs >= STOP || workQueue.isEmpty())) {
                decrementWorkerCount();
                return null;
            }

            int wc = workerCountOf(c);

            // Are workers subject to culling?
            boolean timed = allowCoreThreadTimeOut || wc > corePoolSize;

            if ((wc > maximumPoolSize || (timed && timedOut))
                && (wc > 1 || workQueue.isEmpty())) {
                if (compareAndDecrementWorkerCount(c))
                    return null;
                continue;
            }

            try {
                Runnable r = timed ?
                    workQueue.poll(keepAliveTime, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS) :
                    workQueue.take();
                if (r != null)
                    return r;
                timedOut = true;
            } catch (InterruptedException retry) {
                timedOut = false;
            }
        }
    }

private class ScheduledFutureTask<V>
            extends FutureTask<V> implements RunnableScheduledFuture<V> {

        /** Sequence number to break ties FIFO */
        private final long sequenceNumber;

        /** The time the task is enabled to execute in nanoTime units */
        private long time;

        /**
         * Period in nanoseconds for repeating tasks.  A positive
         * value indicates fixed-rate execution.  A negative value
         * indicates fixed-delay execution.  A value of 0 indicates a
         * non-repeating task.
         */
        private final long period;

        /** The actual task to be re-enqueued by reExecutePeriodic */
        RunnableScheduledFuture<V> outerTask = this;

        /**
         * Index into delay queue, to support faster cancellation.
         */
        int heapIndex;

        /**
         * Creates a one-shot action with given nanoTime-based trigger time.
         */
        ScheduledFutureTask(Runnable r, V result, long ns) {
            super(r, result);
            this.time = ns;
            this.period = 0;
            this.sequenceNumber = sequencer.getAndIncrement();
        }

        /**
         * Creates a periodic action with given nano time and period.
         */
        ScheduledFutureTask(Runnable r, V result, long ns, long period) {
            super(r, result);
            this.time = ns;
            this.period = period;
            this.sequenceNumber = sequencer.getAndIncrement();
        }

        /**
         * Creates a one-shot action with given nanoTime-based trigger time.
         */
        ScheduledFutureTask(Callable<V> callable, long ns) {
            super(callable);
            this.time = ns;
            this.period = 0;
            this.sequenceNumber = sequencer.getAndIncrement();
        }

        public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
            return unit.convert(time - now(), NANOSECONDS);
        }

        public int compareTo(Delayed other) {
            if (other == this) // compare zero if same object
                return 0;
            if (other instanceof ScheduledFutureTask) {
                ScheduledFutureTask<?> x = (ScheduledFutureTask<?>)other;
                long diff = time - x.time;
                if (diff < 0)
                    return -1;
                else if (diff > 0)
                    return 1;
                else if (sequenceNumber < x.sequenceNumber)
                    return -1;
                else
                    return 1;
            }
            long diff = getDelay(NANOSECONDS) - other.getDelay(NANOSECONDS);
            return (diff < 0) ? -1 : (diff > 0) ? 1 : 0;
        }

        /**
         * Returns {@code true} if this is a periodic (not a one-shot) action.
         *
         * @return {@code true} if periodic
         */
        public boolean isPeriodic() {
            return period != 0;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the next time to run for a periodic task.
         */
        private void setNextRunTime() {
            long p = period;
            if (p > 0)
                time += p;
            else
                time = triggerTime(-p);
        }

        public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
            boolean cancelled = super.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
            if (cancelled && removeOnCancel && heapIndex >= 0)
                remove(this);
            return cancelled;
        }

        /**
         * Overrides FutureTask version so as to reset/requeue if periodic.
         */
        public void run() {
            boolean periodic = isPeriodic();
            if (!canRunInCurrentRunState(periodic))
                cancel(false);
            else if (!periodic)
                ScheduledFutureTask.super.run();
            else if (ScheduledFutureTask.super.runAndReset()) {
                setNextRunTime();
                reExecutePeriodic(outerTask);
            }
        }
    }

ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor执行流程总结：

1.schedule（定期执行方法)

2.new Task(ScheduledFutureTask)（构建任务作业）

3.delayedExecute(task) （延时执行任务）

4.workQueue.add(task) (任务作业添加到阻塞队列)

5.addWorker(null, true or false) (添加核心作业线程，当核心线程数设置为0时则启动一个非核心线程)

6.runWorker(运行作业线程)

7.循环：getTask ->workQueue.take（获取作业）

8.task.run (作业运行)->ScheduledFutureTask.run(reExecutePeriodic(outerTask)-> workQueue.add(task)......) (周期作业重复调用)

（核心线程 或 非核心线程循环从队列中获取Task执行，周期任务则将任务重新排队）

DelayedWorkQueue中的take方法

public RunnableScheduledFuture<?> take() throws InterruptedException {
            final ReentrantLock lock = this.lock;
            lock.lockInterruptibly();
            try {
                for (;;) {
                    RunnableScheduledFuture<?> first = queue[0];
                    if (first == null)
                        available.await();
                    else {
                        long delay = first.getDelay(NANOSECONDS);
                        if (delay <= 0)
                            return finishPoll(first);
                        first = null; // don't retain ref while waiting
                        if (leader != null)
                            available.await();
                        else {
                            Thread thisThread = Thread.currentThread();
                            leader = thisThread;
                            try {
                                available.awaitNanos(delay);
                            } finally {
                                if (leader == thisThread)
                                    leader = null;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            } finally {
                if (leader == null && queue[0] != null)
                    available.signal();
                lock.unlock();
            }
        }

public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
            return unit.convert(time - now(), NANOSECONDS);
        }

    /**
     * Returns current nanosecond time.
     */
    final long now() {
        return System.nanoTime();
    }

ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor执行延时、定期任务，核心代码就在runWorker,循环获取任务队列中的任务然后执行，在获取任务的时候如果任务的执行时间没到，则进行等待。延时时间的计算都是基于System.nanoTime(),即JVM时间。

ThreadPoolExecutor执行流程（参考）

submit（task）-> execute(task)
->1 当前线程数<核心线程数：addWorker(task,true) (添加核心工作者线程，任务并没有进入队列排队)->runWorker-> task.run (核心线程直接执行任务)
->2 当前线程数>=核心线程数：workQueue.add(task) (任务作业添加到阻塞队列)->

　　2.1 任务排队成功：addWorker(null, false)（非核心工作者线程)-> 循环【getTask(workQueue.take)->task.run】（非核心线程循环从队列中获取Task执行）

　　2.2 任务排队失败：addWorker(task, false) (非核心工作者线程)-> task.run （尝试添加非核心线程执行任务）

优缺点：

1.Timer单线程，执行周期任务时，一次出错，则TimerThread线程终止, 所有任务将无法执行。而且任务的执行时间可能会影响周期的准确性。

2.Timer基于系统时间，系统时间的修改会影响任务的执行。在以系统时间为准的场景中(public void schedule(TimerTask task, Date time))使用非常合适，使用周期性任务则受到极大影响，因为时间间隔被破坏！

3.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor多线程，任务的执行不会相互影响，且能保证执行时间间隔的准确性。

4.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor基于JVM时间，该时间本身无任何意义，仅用来计算时间间隔，不受系统时间影响。所以用来计算周期间隔特别合适，而且单位是纳秒更加精确。因此延时任务、周期任务采用它比Timer更加靠谱！

总结：

Timer的使用场景，仅在基于系统时间为准的场景中非常合适（依赖当前系统时间进行判断任务的执行）。

ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor的使用场景则更为广泛，对延时任务、周期任务使用此类更靠谱（依赖时间间隔(JVM时间差值计算得到)进行判断任务的执行）。基于系统时间执行的任务则无法精确（因为系统时间可以随时调整）！