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 * Copyright 2010 Ning, Inc.
 *
 * Ning licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.ning.http.client;

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

/**
 * Extended {@link Future}
 *
 * @param <V> Type of the value that will be returned.
 */
public interface ListenableFuture<V> extends Future<V> {

    /**
     * Execute a {@link Callable}  and if there is no exception, mark this Future as done and release the internal lock.
     *
     * @param callable
     */
    void done(Callable callable);

    /**
     * Abort the current processing, and propagate the {@link Throwable} to the {@link AsyncHandler} or {@link Future}
     *
     * @param t
     */
    void abort(Throwable t);

    /**
     * Set the content that will be returned by this instance
     *
     * @param v the content that will be returned by this instance
     */
    void content(V v);

    /**
     * Touch the current instance to prevent external service to times out.
     */
    void touch();

    /**
     * Write the {@link Request} headers
     */
    boolean getAndSetWriteHeaders(boolean writeHeader);

    /**
     * Write the {@link Request} body
     */
    boolean getAndSetWriteBody(boolean writeBody);

    /**
     * <p>Adds a listener and executor to the ListenableFuture.
     * The listener will be {@linkplain java.util.concurrent.Executor#execute(Runnable) passed
     * to the executor} for execution when the {@code Future}'s computation is
     * {@linkplain Future#isDone() complete}.
     * <p/>
     * <p>There is no guaranteed ordering of execution of listeners, they may get
     * called in the order they were added and they may get called out of order,
     * but any listener added through this method is guaranteed to be called once
     * the computation is complete.
     *
     * @param listener the listener to run when the computation is complete.
     * @param exec     the executor to run the listener in.
     * @return this Future
     * @throws NullPointerException if the executor or listener was null.
     * @throws java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException
     *                              if we tried to execute the listener
     *                              immediately but the executor rejected it.
     */
    ListenableFuture<V> addListener(Runnable listener, Executor exec);
}