# ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# DiscardOldestPolicy

```
open class DiscardOldestPolicy : RejectedExecutionHandler
```

|---|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                                                             ||
| ↳ | [java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy#) |

A handler for rejected tasks that discards the oldest unhandled request and then retries`execute`, unless the executor is shut down, in which case the task is discarded. This policy is rarely useful in cases where other threads may be waiting for tasks to terminate, or failures must be recorded. Instead consider using a handler of the form:  

```kotlin
<code>new RejectedExecutionHandler() {
    public void rejectedExecution(Runnable r, ThreadPoolExecutor e) {
      Runnable dropped = e.getQueue().poll();
      if (dropped instanceof Future&lt;?&gt;) {
        ((Future&lt;?&gt;)dropped).cancel(false);
        // also consider logging the failure
      }
      e.execute(r);  // retry
  }}</code>
```

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## Summary

|                                                                                                 Public constructors                                                                                                  ||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| [DiscardOldestPolicy](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy#DiscardOldestPolicy())`()` Creates a`DiscardOldestPolicy`for the given executor. |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Public methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| open[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [rejectedExecution](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy#rejectedExecution(java.lang.Runnable,%20java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor))`(`r:` `[Runnable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Runnable.html#)!`, `e:` `[ThreadPoolExecutor](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor)!`)` Obtains and ignores the next task that the executor would otherwise execute, if one is immediately available, and then retries execution of task r, unless the executor is shut down, in which case task r is instead discarded. |

## Public constructors

### DiscardOldestPolicy

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
DiscardOldestPolicy()
```

Creates a`DiscardOldestPolicy`for the given executor.

## Public methods

### rejectedExecution

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun rejectedExecution(
    r: Runnable!, 
    e: ThreadPoolExecutor!
): Unit
```

Obtains and ignores the next task that the executor would otherwise execute, if one is immediately available, and then retries execution of task r, unless the executor is shut down, in which case task r is instead discarded.

|                                                                               Parameters                                                                               ||
|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `r`        | [Runnable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Runnable.html#)!:the runnable task requested to be executed                            |
| `executor` | the executor attempting to execute this task                                                                                                               |
| `e`        | [ThreadPoolExecutor](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/concurrent/ThreadPoolExecutor)!:the executor attempting to execute this task |

|                                Exceptions                                ||
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| `java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException` | if there is no remedy |