void shutdownAndAwaitTermination(ExecutorService pool) { pool.shutdown(); // Disable new tasks from being submitted try { // Wait a while for existing tasks to terminate if (!pool.awaitTermination(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) { pool.shutdownNow(); // Cancel currently executing tasks // Wait a while for tasks to respond to being cancelled if (!pool.awaitTermination(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) System.err.println("Pool did not terminate"); } } catch (InterruptedException ie) { // (Re-)Cancel if current thread also interrupted pool.shutdownNow(); // Preserve interrupt status Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); } }