## Add the background task { #add-the-background-task }

Inside of your *path operation function*, pass your task function to the *background tasks* object with the method `.add_task()`:

{* ../../docs_src/background_tasks/tutorial001.py hl[14] *}

`.add_task()` receives as arguments:

* A task function to be run in the background (`write_notification`).

        @Override
        public void run() {
          list.execute();
        }
      };

  @Benchmark
  int addThenExecute_multiThreaded(int reps) throws InterruptedException {
    Runnable addTask =
        new Runnable() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
            for (int i = 0; i < numListeners; i++) {
              list.add(listener, directExecutor());
            }
          }