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

[Dmitry Bessonov]

A limitation to mention - Runnables can not be easily chained while 
Blocks can be...

-Dmitry

On 12.12.2012 1:28, Sam Pullara wrote:
> 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
>>>>