Github user agresch commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2534#discussion_r163953643
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storm-server/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/daemon/supervisor/OnlyLatestExecutor.java
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+package org.apache.storm.daemon.supervisor;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+/**
+ * This allows you to submit a Runnable with a key. If the previous
submission for that key has not yet run,
+ * it will be replaced with the latest one.
+ */
+public class OnlyLatestExecutor<K> {
+ private final Executor exec;
+ private final ConcurrentMap<K, Runnable> latest;
+
+ public OnlyLatestExecutor(Executor exec) {
+ this.exec = exec;
+ latest = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Run something in the future, but replace it with the latest if it
is taking too long
+ * @param key what to use to dedupe things.
+ * @param r what you want to run.
+ */
+ public void execute(final K key, Runnable r) {
+ Runnable old = latest.put(key, r);
+ if (old == null) {
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do we care about knowing that something is dropped? Seems like we would be
ignorant of any issue that requires tuning.
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