EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent
Interface Callable

All Known Implementing Classes:
TimedCallable

public interface Callable

Interface for runnable actions that bear results and/or throw Exceptions. This interface is designed to provide a common protocol for result-bearing actions that can be run independently in threads, in which case they are ordinarily used as the bases of Runnables that set FutureResults

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See Also:
FutureResult

Method Summary
 Object call()
          Perform some action that returns a result or throws an exception
 

Method Detail

call

public Object call()
            throws Exception
Perform some action that returns a result or throws an exception

Throws:
Exception