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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.google.common.util.concurrent;
     18 
     19 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * A {@link ListenableFuture} whose result may be set by a {@link #set(Object)}
     23  * or {@link #setException(Throwable)} call. It may also be cancelled.
     24  *
     25  * @author Sven Mawson
     26  * @since 9.0 (in 1.0 as {@code ValueFuture})
     27  */
     28 public final class SettableFuture<V> extends AbstractFuture<V> {
     29 
     30   /**
     31    * Creates a new {@code SettableFuture} in the default state.
     32    */
     33   public static <V> SettableFuture<V> create() {
     34     return new SettableFuture<V>();
     35   }
     36 
     37   /**
     38    * Explicit private constructor, use the {@link #create} factory method to
     39    * create instances of {@code SettableFuture}.
     40    */
     41   private SettableFuture() {}
     42 
     43   /**
     44    * Sets the value of this future.  This method will return {@code true} if
     45    * the value was successfully set, or {@code false} if the future has already
     46    * been set or cancelled.
     47    *
     48    * @param value the value the future should hold.
     49    * @return true if the value was successfully set.
     50    */
     51   @Override
     52   public boolean set(@Nullable V value) {
     53     return super.set(value);
     54   }
     55 
     56   /**
     57    * Sets the future to having failed with the given exception. This exception
     58    * will be wrapped in an {@code ExecutionException} and thrown from the {@code
     59    * get} methods. This method will return {@code true} if the exception was
     60    * successfully set, or {@code false} if the future has already been set or
     61    * cancelled.
     62    *
     63    * @param throwable the exception the future should hold.
     64    * @return true if the exception was successfully set.
     65    */
     66   @Override
     67   public boolean setException(Throwable throwable) {
     68     return super.setException(throwable);
     69   }
     70 }
     71