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+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/** Strategies to execute Producers
+ */
+public abstract class ExecutionStrategy implements Runnable
+{    
+    public interface Producer
+    {
+        /**
+         * Produce a task to run
+         * @return A task to run or null if we are complete.
+         */
+        Runnable produce();
+
+        /**
+         * Check if there is more to produce. This method may not return valid 
+         * results until {@link #produce()} has been called.
+         * @return true if this Producer may produce more tasks from {@link #produce()}
+         */
+        boolean isMoreToProduce();
+        
+        /**
+         * Called to signal production is completed
+         */
+        void onCompleted();
+    }
+
+    protected final Producer _producer;
+    protected final Executor _executor;
+
+    protected ExecutionStrategy(Producer producer, Executor executor)
+    {
+        _producer=producer;
+        _executor=executor;
+    }
+    
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** Simple iterative strategy.
+     * Iterate over production until complete and execute each task.
+     */
+    public static class Iterative extends ExecutionStrategy
+    {
+        public Iterative(Producer producer, Executor executor)
+        {
+            super(producer,executor);
+        }
+        
+        public void run()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // Iterate until we are complete
+                loop: while (true)
+                {
+                    // produce a task
+                    Runnable task=_producer.produce(); 
+
+                    // if there is no task, break the loop
+                    if (task==null)
+                        break loop;
+
+                    // If we are still producing,
+                    if (_producer.isMoreToProduce())
+                        // execute the task
+                        _executor.execute(task);
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // last task so we can run ourselves
+                        task.run();
+                        break loop;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _producer.onCompleted();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** 
+     * A Strategy that allows threads to run the tasks that they have produced,
+     * so execution is done with a hot cache (ie threads eat what they kill).
+     */
+    public static class EatWhatYouKill extends ExecutionStrategy
+    {
+        private final AtomicInteger _threads = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        private final AtomicReference<Boolean> _producing = new AtomicReference<Boolean>(Boolean.FALSE);
+
+        public EatWhatYouKill(Producer producer, Executor executor)
+        {
+            super(producer,executor);
+        }
+        
+        public void run()
+        {
+            // count the dispatched threads
+            _threads.incrementAndGet();
+            try
+            {
+                boolean complete=false;
+                loop: while (!complete)
+                {
+                    // If another thread is already producing, 
+                    if (!_producing.compareAndSet(false,true))
+                        // break the loop even if not complete
+                        break loop;
+
+                    // If we got here, then we are the thread that is producing
+                    Runnable task=null;
+                    try
+                    {
+                        task=_producer.produce(); 
+                        complete=task==null || _producer.isMoreToProduce();
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        _producing.set(false);
+                    }
+
+                    // then we may need another thread to keep producing
+                    if (!complete)
+                        // Dispatch a thread to continue producing
+                        _executor.execute(this);
+                    
+                    // If there is a task, 
+                    if (task!=null)
+                        // run the task
+                        task.run();
+                }
+
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                // If we were the last thread, signal completion
+                if (_threads.decrementAndGet()==0)
+                    _producer.onCompleted();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}