A no-arg sibling of java.util.function.Block ?

[Sam Pullara]

I always thought of Block as Runnable with an argument and have used Runnable for tasks like this in JDK 6. YMMV.

"The Runnable interface should be implemented by any class whose instances are intended to be executed by a thread." 

It will actually be executed by a thread and in a parallel case it may even be a different thread. I'm ok ideologically with using it.

Sam

On Dec 11, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Dmitry Bessonov <dmitry.bessonov at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 12.12.2012 1:09, Sam Pullara wrote:
>> Runnable should work for that, no?
> Technically - yes.
> But (... after reading spec for Runnable) - would that be a good use of Runnable interface from ideological point of view?
> 
> -Dmitry
> 
>> 
>> Sam
>> 
>> On Dec 11, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Dmitry Bessonov <dmitry.bessonov at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I cannot find a standard interface that will allow me to basically wrap
>>> a delayed operation that requires no input objects.
>>> 
>>> In other words is there a j.u.f.Block but without necessity to supply
>>> input object?
>>> 
>>> (Sorry if such standard interface exists already)
>>> 
>>> -Dmitry
>>> 
>> 
>