The java equivalent of task is probably Future or CompletableFuture, which have been in java since 2012 / 2014. In terms of running them, Executors have been th

The java equivalent of task is probably Future or CompletableFuture, which have been in java since 2012 / 2014. In terms of running them, Executors have been there since 2014. (Obviously this would have been 1:1 with OS Threads)