BAEL-1456 - How to implement task prioritization in Java (#3366)

* priority based job execution in java

* minor fixes

* updated to use java 8 features

core-java-concurrency/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/prioritytaskexecution/Job.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.prioritytaskexecution;
+
+public class Job implements Runnable {
+    private String jobName;
+    private JobPriority jobPriority;
+    
+    public Job(String jobName, JobPriority jobPriority) {
+        this.jobName = jobName;
+        this.jobPriority = jobPriority != null ? jobPriority : JobPriority.MEDIUM;
+    }
+
+    public JobPriority getJobPriority() {
+        return jobPriority;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            System.out.println("Job:" + jobName + " Priority:" + jobPriority);
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        }
+    }
+}

core-java-concurrency/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/prioritytaskexecution/JobPriority.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.prioritytaskexecution;
+
+public enum JobPriority {
+    HIGH,
+    MEDIUM,
+    LOW
+}

core-java-concurrency/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/prioritytaskexecution/PriorityJobScheduler.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.prioritytaskexecution;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class PriorityJobScheduler {
+
+    private ExecutorService priorityJobPoolExecutor;
+    private ExecutorService priorityJobScheduler;
+    private PriorityBlockingQueue<Runnable> priorityQueue;
+
+    public PriorityJobScheduler(Integer poolSize, Integer queueSize) {
+        priorityJobPoolExecutor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize);
+        Comparator<? super Job> jobComparator = Comparator.comparing(Job::getJobPriority);
+        priorityQueue = new PriorityBlockingQueue<Runnable>(queueSize, 
+          (Comparator<? super Runnable>) jobComparator);
+
+        priorityJobScheduler = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+        priorityJobScheduler.execute(()->{
+            while (true) {
+                try {
+                    priorityJobPoolExecutor.execute(priorityQueue.take());
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void scheduleJob(Job job) {
+        priorityQueue.add(job);
+    }
+
+    public int getQueuedTaskCount() {
+        return priorityQueue.size();
+    }
+
+    protected void close(ExecutorService scheduler) {
+        scheduler.shutdown();
+        try {
+            if (!scheduler.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                scheduler.shutdownNow();
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            scheduler.shutdownNow();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void closeScheduler() {
+        close(priorityJobPoolExecutor);
+        close(priorityJobScheduler);
+    }
+}

core-java-concurrency/src/test/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/prioritytaskexecution/PriorityJobSchedulerUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.concurrent.prioritytaskexecution;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PriorityJobSchedulerUnitTest {
+    private static int POOL_SIZE = 1;
+    private static int QUEUE_SIZE = 10;
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenMultiplePriorityJobsQueued_thenHighestPriorityJobIsPicked() {
+        Job job1 = new Job("Job1", JobPriority.LOW);
+        Job job2 = new Job("Job2", JobPriority.MEDIUM);
+        Job job3 = new Job("Job3", JobPriority.HIGH);
+        Job job4 = new Job("Job4", JobPriority.MEDIUM);
+        Job job5 = new Job("Job5", JobPriority.LOW);
+        Job job6 = new Job("Job6", JobPriority.HIGH);
+        
+        PriorityJobScheduler pjs = new PriorityJobScheduler(POOL_SIZE, QUEUE_SIZE);
+        
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job1);
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job2);
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job3);
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job4);
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job5);
+        pjs.scheduleJob(job6);
+        
+        // ensure no tasks is pending before closing the scheduler
+        while (pjs.getQueuedTaskCount() != 0);
+        
+        // delay to avoid job sleep (added for demo) being interrupted
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(2000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        }
+        
+        pjs.closeScheduler();
+    }
+}