futures/failureaccess/src/com/google/common/util/concurrent/internal/InternalFutures.java

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 *
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package com.google.common.util.concurrent.internal;

/**
 * Static utilities for {@link InternalFutureFailureAccess}. Most users will never need to use this
 * class.
 *
 * <p>This class is GWT-compatible.
 *
 * @since {@code com.google.guava:failureaccess:1.0}, which was added as a dependency of Guava in
 *     Guava 27.0
 */
public final class InternalFutures {
  /**
   * Usually returns {@code null} but, if the given {@code Future} has failed, may <i>optionally</i>
   * return the cause of the failure. "Failure" means specifically "completed with an exception"; it
   * does not include "was cancelled." To be explicit: If this method returns a non-null value,
   * then:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code isDone()} must return {@code true}
   *   <li>{@code isCancelled()} must return {@code false}
   *   <li>{@code get()} must not block, and it must throw an {@code ExecutionException} with the
   *       return value of this method as its cause
   * </ul>
   */
  public static Throwable tryInternalFastPathGetFailure(InternalFutureFailureAccess future) {
    return future.tryInternalFastPathGetFailure();
  }

  private InternalFutures() {}
}