Java tutorial
import java.util.Random; import java.util.concurrent.Callable; import java.util.concurrent.CompletionService; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; class WordLengthCallable implements Callable<Integer> { private Random random = new Random(); public Integer call() throws InterruptedException { int sleepTime = (2 + random.nextInt(16)) * 500; Thread.sleep(sleepTime); return sleepTime; } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { int THREAD_COUNT = 4; ExecutorService execService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(THREAD_COUNT); CompletionService<Integer> completionService = new ExecutorCompletionService<>(execService); for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) { completionService.submit(new WordLengthCallable()); } execService.shutdown(); while (!execService.isTerminated()) { int result = completionService.take().get().intValue(); System.out.println("Result is: " + result); } Thread.sleep(1000); System.out.println("done!"); } }