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 * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166

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package java.util.concurrent;

/**

 * A task that returns a result and may throw an exception.

 * Implementors define a single method with no arguments called

 * {@code call}.

 *

 * <p>The {@code Callable} interface is similar to {@link

 * java.lang.Runnable}, in that both are designed for classes whose

 * instances are potentially executed by another thread.  A

 * {@code Runnable}, however, does not return a result and cannot

 * throw a checked exception.

 *

 * <p>The {@link Executors} class contains utility methods to

 * convert from other common forms to {@code Callable} classes.

 *

 * @see Executor

 * @since 1.5

 * @author Doug Lea

 * @param <V> the result type of method {@code call}

 */

@FunctionalInterface

public interface Callable<V> {

    /**

     * Computes a result, or throws an exception if unable to do so.

     *

     * @return computed result

     * @throws Exception if unable to compute a result

     */

    V call() throws Exception;

}