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package java.util.concurrent;

/**
 * A Future represents the result of an asynchronous
 * computation.  Methods are provided to check if the computation is
 * complete, to wait for its completion, and to retrieve the result of
 * the computation.  The result can only be retrieved using method
 * get when the computation has completed, blocking if
 * necessary until it is ready.  Cancellation is performed by the
 * cancel method.  Additional methods are provided to
 * determine if the task completed normally or was cancelled. Once a
 * computation has completed, the computation cannot be cancelled.
 * If you would like to use a Future for the sake
 * of cancellability but not provide a usable result, you can
 * declare types of the form {@code Future} and
 * return null as a result of the underlying task.
 *
 * 

* Sample Usage (Note that the following classes are all * made-up.)

*

 {@code
 * interface ArchiveSearcher { String search(String target); }
 * class App {
 *   ExecutorService executor = ...
 *   ArchiveSearcher searcher = ...
 *   void showSearch(final String target)
 *       throws InterruptedException {
 *     Future future
 *       = executor.submit(new Callable() {
 *         public String call() {
 *             return searcher.search(target);
 *         }});
 *     displayOtherThings(); // do other things while searching
 *     try {
 *       displayText(future.get()); // use future
 *     } catch (ExecutionException ex) { cleanup(); return; }
 *   }
 * }}
* * The {@link FutureTask} class is an implementation of Future that * implements Runnable, and so may be executed by an Executor. * For example, the above construction with submit could be replaced by: *
 {@code
 *     FutureTask future =
 *       new FutureTask(new Callable() {
 *         public String call() {
 *           return searcher.search(target);
 *       }});
 *     executor.execute(future);}
* *

Memory consistency effects: Actions taken by the asynchronous computation * happen-before * actions following the corresponding {@code Future.get()} in another thread. * * @see FutureTask * @see Executor * @since 1.5 * @author Doug Lea * @param The result type returned by this Future's get method */ public interface Future { /** * Attempts to cancel execution of this task. This attempt will * fail if the task has already completed, has already been cancelled, * or could not be cancelled for some other reason. If successful, * and this task has not started when cancel is called, * this task should never run. If the task has already started, * then the mayInterruptIfRunning parameter determines * whether the thread executing this task should be interrupted in * an attempt to stop the task. * *

After this method returns, subsequent calls to {@link #isDone} will * always return true. Subsequent calls to {@link #isCancelled} * will always return true if this method returned true. * * @param mayInterruptIfRunning true if the thread executing this * task should be interrupted; otherwise, in-progress tasks are allowed * to complete * @return false if the task could not be cancelled, * typically because it has already completed normally; * true otherwise */ boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning); /** * Returns true if this task was cancelled before it completed * normally. * * @return true if this task was cancelled before it completed */ boolean isCancelled(); /** * Returns true if this task completed. * * Completion may be due to normal termination, an exception, or * cancellation -- in all of these cases, this method will return * true. * * @return true if this task completed */ boolean isDone(); /** * Waits if necessary for the computation to complete, and then * retrieves its result. * * @return the computed result * @throws CancellationException if the computation was cancelled * @throws ExecutionException if the computation threw an * exception * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted * while waiting */ V get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException; /** * Waits if necessary for at most the given time for the computation * to complete, and then retrieves its result, if available. * * @param timeout the maximum time to wait * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument * @return the computed result * @throws CancellationException if the computation was cancelled * @throws ExecutionException if the computation threw an * exception * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted * while waiting * @throws TimeoutException if the wait timed out */ V get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException; }





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