Asynchronous task pattern in Java

As I moved from c# to Java, I needed to implement a set of asynchronous tasks

I have a good understanding of Java threads, but I like it Net, because it allows me to easily switch tasks from synchronous to asynchronous

In my case, if I have a set of I / O-Intensive operations (suitable for becoming asynchronous), it is as follows:

DoOperation1();
DoOperation2();
DoOperation3();

Yes Net, I can easily do the following:

BeginInvoke(DoOperation1);
BeginInvoke(DoOperation2);
BeginInvoke(DoOperation3);
EndInvoke(Result1);
EndInvoke(Result2);
EndInvoke(Result3);

In short, my question is: is there anything similar in Java, or do I need to manually use threads "old way"?

thank you.

Solution

You may want to use futures in Java You submit a task to executorservice and receive future < T >, you can query the view in a way similar to "task" From Net 4 TPL... You can ask future results and whether it has been completed by blocking or timeout

Using callable < T > is not as neat as using proxy in C # through method group transformation and lambda expression, but the basic idea is similar