public List search(Hashtable h, MetaSearchRequest r) {
// create tasks
List taskList = null;
String dateString = (String) h.get("DATETIME");
Date date = null;
long waitTime = MSR_DEFAULT_DURATION_;
try {
waitTime = Long.valueOf((String) h.get("WAIT_TIME")).longValue() * 1000;
} catch (Exception e) {
}
if (dateString != null)
try {
Messages.debug(-1, "MetaSearch::search before parse");
date = RandomDate.parse(dateString);
Messages.debug(-1, "MetaSearch::search after parse date=%1", date);
} catch (Exception e) {
Messages.error(TFA01_, dateString);
}
else Messages.error(TFA01_, dateString);
if (date != null) {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
taskList = taskFac_.makeTasks(h, date, r);
// take precaution that the issueing Thread is interrupted when all tasks are done
r.registerInterrupt(t, taskList.size());
try {
for (Iterator e = taskList.iterator(); e.hasNext(); ) executor_.execute((Task) e.next());
// sleep
t.sleep(waitTime);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// if all tasks have been done, before waitTime was over
}
// invalidate all tasks and interrupt the corresponding threads
for (Iterator e = taskList.iterator(); e.hasNext(); ) ((Task) e.next()).cancel();
}
return taskList;
}
