src/com/google/common/util/concurrent/CheckedFuture.java

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package com.google.common.util.concurrent;

import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

/**
 * A {@code CheckedFuture} is an extension of {@link Future} that includes
 * versions of the {@code get} methods that can throw a checked exception and
 * allows listeners to be attached to the future.  This makes it easier to
 * create a future that executes logic which can throw an exception.
 * 
 * <p>Implementations of this interface must adapt the exceptions thrown by
 * {@code Future#get()}: {@link CancellationException},
 * {@link ExecutionException} and {@link InterruptedException} into the type
 * specified by the {@code E} type parameter.
 * 
 * <p>This interface also extends the ListenableFuture interface to allow
 * listeners to be added. This allows the future to be used as a normal
 * {@link Future} or as an asynchronous callback mechanism as needed. This
 * allows multiple callbacks to be registered for a particular task, and the
 * future will guarantee execution of all listeners when the task completes.
 * 
 * @author Sven Mawson
 * @since 2009.09.15 <b>tentative</b>
 */
public interface CheckedFuture<V, E extends Exception>
    extends ListenableFuture<V> {

  /**
   * Exception checking version of {@link Future#get()} that will translate
   * {@link InterruptedException}, {@link CancellationException} and
   * {@link ExecutionException} into application-specific exceptions.
   * 
   * @return the result of executing the future.
   * @throws E on interruption, cancellation or execution exceptions.
   */
  public V checkedGet() throws E;
  
  /**
   * Exception checking version of {@link Future#get(long, TimeUnit)} that will
   * translate {@link InterruptedException}, {@link CancellationException} and
   * {@link ExecutionException} into application-specific exceptions.  On
   * timeout this method throws a normal {@link TimeoutException}.
   * 
   * @return the result of executing the future.
   * @throws TimeoutException if retrieving the result timed out.
   * @throws E on interruption, cancellation or execution exceptions.
   */
  public V checkedGet(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
      throws TimeoutException, E;
}