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/* |
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* Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 |
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* Expert Group and released to the public domain. Use, modify, and |
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* redistribute this code in any way without acknowledgement. |
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*/ |
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package java.util.concurrent; |
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/** |
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* Something (usually a task) that can be cancelled. Cancellation is |
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* performed by the <tt>cancel</tt> method. Additional methods are |
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* provided to determine if the task completed normally or was |
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* cancelled. |
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* |
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* @since 1.5 |
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* |
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* @spec JSR-166 |
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* @revised $Date: 2003/05/27 18:14:39 $ |
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* @editor $Author: dl $ |
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*/ |
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public interface Cancellable { |
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/** |
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* Cancels execution of this task if it has not already completed. |
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* If this task has not started when <tt>cancel</tt> is called, this |
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* task will never run. If the task has already started, then |
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* the <tt>interruptIfRunning</tt> parameter determines whether the |
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* thread executing this task should be interrupted in an attempt to |
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* stop the task. |
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* |
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* @param interruptIfRunning <tt>true</tt> if the thread executing this |
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* task should be interrupted; otherwise, in-progress tasks are allowed |
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* to complete |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if task has not already completed or been |
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* cancelled; <tt>false</tt> otherwise |
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*/ |
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boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning); |
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/** |
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* Returns <tt>true</tt> if this task was cancelled before it completed |
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* normally. |
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* |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if task was cancelled before it completed |
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*/ |
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boolean isCancelled(); |
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/** |
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* Returns <tt>true</tt> if this task ran to completion or was cancelled. |
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* |
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* @return <tt>true</tt> if task completed normally or was cancelled |
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*/ |
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boolean isDone(); |
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} |
