Callable接口和Runnable接口

Callable接口和Runnable接口相似，区别就是Callable需要实现call方法，而Runnable需要实现run方法；并且，call方法有返回值。

 

Runnable是执行工作的独立任务，不具有返回值。在Java SE5中引入的Callable是一种具有；类型参数的泛型，参数类型为从方法call()中返回的值，并且必须使用ExecutorService.submit()调用它。

Runnable和Callable都是接口
不同之处：
1.Callable可以返回一个类型V，而Runnable不可以
2.Callable能够抛出checked exception,而Runnable不可以。
Callable的源码如下：

public interface Callable
   
   
    
     {
    /**
     * Computes a result, or throws an exception if unable to do so.
     *
     * @return computed result
     * @throws Exception if unable to compute a result
     */
    V call() throws Exception;
}
   
   

Runnable的源码如下：

public interface Runnable {
    /**
     * When an object implementing interface Runnable is used
     * to create a thread, starting the thread causes the object's
     * run method to be called in that separately executing
     * thread.
     * 

     * The general contract of the method run is that it may
     * take any action whatsoever.
     *
     * @see     java.lang.Thread#run()
     */
    public abstract void run();
}

案例：

import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;

public class CallableDemo {
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ExecutorService exec = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
		ArrayList
   
   
    
    
     
     > listResult = new ArrayList
     
     
      
      
       
       >();
		
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
			listResult.add(exec.submit(new Calls(i)));
		}
		
		for(Future
       
       
         fs:listResult) try { System.out.println(fs.get()); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (ExecutionException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } } class Calls implements Callable 
        
          { private int id; public Calls() { } public Calls(int id) { this.id = id; } @Override public String call() throws Exception { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return "the current id is: "+this.id; } }