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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 * {@code get} when the computation has completed, blocking if * necessary until it is ready. Cancellation is performed by the * {@code 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 {@code Future} for the sake * of cancellability but not provide a usable result, you can * declare types of the form {@code Future<?>} and * return {@code null} as a result of the underlying task. * * <p><b>Sample Usage</b> (Note that the following classes are all * made-up.) * * <pre> {@code * interface ArchiveSearcher { String search(String target); } * class App { * ExecutorService executor = ... * ArchiveSearcher searcher = ... * void showSearch(String target) throws InterruptedException { * Callable<String> task = () -> searcher.search(target); * Future<String> future = executor.submit(task); * displayOtherThings(); // do other things while searching * try { * displayText(future.get()); // use future * } catch (ExecutionException ex) { cleanup(); return; } * } * }}</pre> * * The {@link FutureTask} class is an implementation of {@code Future} that * implements {@code Runnable}, and so may be executed by an {@code Executor}. * For example, the above construction with {@code submit} could be replaced by: * <pre> {@code * FutureTask<String> future = new FutureTask<>(task); * executor.execute(future);}</pre> * * <p>Memory consistency effects: Actions taken by the asynchronous computation * <a href="package-summary.html#MemoryVisibility"> <i>happen-before</i></a> * actions following the corresponding {@code Future.get()} in another thread. * * @see FutureTask * @see Executor * @since 1.5 * @author Doug Lea * @param <V> The result type returned by this Future's {@code get} method */ public interface Future<V> { /** * 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 {@code cancel} is called, * this task should never run. If the task has already started, * then the {@code mayInterruptIfRunning} parameter determines * whether the thread executing this task should be interrupted in * an attempt to stop the task. * * <p>After this method returns, subsequent calls to {@link #isDone} will * always return {@code true}. Subsequent calls to {@link #isCancelled} * will always return {@code true} if this method returned {@code true}. * * @param mayInterruptIfRunning {@code true} if the thread executing this * task should be interrupted; otherwise, in-progress tasks are allowed * to complete * @return {@code false} if the task could not be cancelled, * typically because it has already completed normally; * {@code true} otherwise */ boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning); /** * Returns {@code true} if this task was cancelled before it completed * normally. * * @return {@code true} if this task was cancelled before it completed */ boolean isCancelled(); /** * Returns {@code 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 * {@code true}. * * @return {@code 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; }