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35 
36 package java.util.concurrent;
37 
38 /**
39  * A service that decouples the production of new asynchronous tasks
40  * from the consumption of the results of completed tasks.  Producers
41  * {@code submit} tasks for execution. Consumers {@code take}
42  * completed tasks and process their results in the order they
43  * complete.  A {@code CompletionService} can for example be used to
44  * manage asynchronous I/O, in which tasks that perform reads are
45  * submitted in one part of a program or system, and then acted upon
46  * in a different part of the program when the reads complete,
47  * possibly in a different order than they were requested.
48  *
49  * <p>Typically, a {@code CompletionService} relies on a separate
50  * {@link Executor} to actually execute the tasks, in which case the
51  * {@code CompletionService} only manages an internal completion
52  * queue. The {@link ExecutorCompletionService} class provides an
53  * implementation of this approach.
54  *
55  * <p>Memory consistency effects: Actions in a thread prior to
56  * submitting a task to a {@code CompletionService}
57  * <a href="package-summary.html#MemoryVisibility"><i>happen-before</i></a>
58  * actions taken by that task, which in turn <i>happen-before</i>
59  * actions following a successful return from the corresponding {@code take()}.
60  */
61 public interface CompletionService<V> {
62     /**
63      * Submits a value-returning task for execution and returns a Future
64      * representing the pending results of the task.  Upon completion,
65      * this task may be taken or polled.
66      *
67      * @param task the task to submit
68      * @return a Future representing pending completion of the task
69      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
70      *         scheduled for execution
71      * @throws NullPointerException if the task is null
72      */
submit(Callable<V> task)73     Future<V> submit(Callable<V> task);
74 
75     /**
76      * Submits a Runnable task for execution and returns a Future
77      * representing that task.  Upon completion, this task may be
78      * taken or polled.
79      *
80      * @param task the task to submit
81      * @param result the result to return upon successful completion
82      * @return a Future representing pending completion of the task,
83      *         and whose {@code get()} method will return the given
84      *         result value upon completion
85      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the task cannot be
86      *         scheduled for execution
87      * @throws NullPointerException if the task is null
88      */
submit(Runnable task, V result)89     Future<V> submit(Runnable task, V result);
90 
91     /**
92      * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
93      * completed task, waiting if none are yet present.
94      *
95      * @return the Future representing the next completed task
96      * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting
97      */
take()98     Future<V> take() throws InterruptedException;
99 
100     /**
101      * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
102      * completed task, or {@code null} if none are present.
103      *
104      * @return the Future representing the next completed task, or
105      *         {@code null} if none are present
106      */
poll()107     Future<V> poll();
108 
109     /**
110      * Retrieves and removes the Future representing the next
111      * completed task, waiting if necessary up to the specified wait
112      * time if none are yet present.
113      *
114      * @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of
115      *        {@code unit}
116      * @param unit a {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the
117      *        {@code timeout} parameter
118      * @return the Future representing the next completed task or
119      *         {@code null} if the specified waiting time elapses
120      *         before one is present
121      * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting
122      */
poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)123     Future<V> poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException;
124 }
125