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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
3    *
4    * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5    * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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7    *
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9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15   */
16  package io.netty.util.concurrent;
17  
18  /**
19   * Special {@link Future} which is writable.
20   */
21  public interface Promise<V> extends Future<V> {
22  
23      /**
24       * Marks this future as a success and notifies all
25       * listeners.
26       *
27       * If it is success or failed already it will throw an {@link IllegalStateException}.
28       */
29      Promise<V> setSuccess(V result);
30  
31      /**
32       * Marks this future as a success and notifies all
33       * listeners.
34       *
35       * @return {@code true} if and only if successfully marked this future as
36       *         a success. Otherwise {@code false} because this future is
37       *         already marked as either a success or a failure.
38       */
39      boolean trySuccess(V result);
40  
41      /**
42       * Marks this future as a failure and notifies all
43       * listeners.
44       *
45       * If it is success or failed already it will throw an {@link IllegalStateException}.
46       */
47      Promise<V> setFailure(Throwable cause);
48  
49      /**
50       * Marks this future as a failure and notifies all
51       * listeners.
52       *
53       * @return {@code true} if and only if successfully marked this future as
54       *         a failure. Otherwise {@code false} because this future is
55       *         already marked as either a success or a failure.
56       */
57      boolean tryFailure(Throwable cause);
58  
59      /**
60       * Make this future impossible to cancel.
61       *
62       * @return {@code true} if and only if successfully marked this future as uncancellable or it is already done
63       *         without being cancelled.  {@code false} if this future has been cancelled already.
64       */
65      boolean setUncancellable();
66  
67      @Override
68      Promise<V> addListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>> listener);
69  
70      @Override
71      Promise<V> addListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>>... listeners);
72  
73      @Override
74      Promise<V> removeListener(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>> listener);
75  
76      @Override
77      Promise<V> removeListeners(GenericFutureListener<? extends Future<? super V>>... listeners);
78  
79      @Override
80      Promise<V> await() throws InterruptedException;
81  
82      @Override
83      Promise<V> awaitUninterruptibly();
84  
85      @Override
86      Promise<V> sync() throws InterruptedException;
87  
88      @Override
89      Promise<V> syncUninterruptibly();
90  }