In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Creating a thread executor and controlling its rejected tasks
- Executing tasks in an executor that returns a result
- Running multiple tasks and processing the first result
- Running multiple tasks and processing all the results
- Running a task in an executor after a delay
- Running a task in an executor periodically
- Canceling a task in an executor
- Controlling a task finishing in an executor
- Separating the launching of tasks and the processing of their results in an executor
