platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/progress/BackgroundSynchronousInvisibleComputable.java

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package com.intellij.openapi.progress;

import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
import com.intellij.util.concurrency.Semaphore;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

/**
 * @author irengrig
 *         Date: 6/24/11
 *         Time: 7:34 PM
 */
public abstract class BackgroundSynchronousInvisibleComputable<T> {
  protected abstract T runImpl();

  public T compute() {
    final Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore();
    semaphore.down();
    final AtomicReference<T> reference = new AtomicReference<T>();
    ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        try {
          reference.set(runImpl());
        }
        finally {
          semaphore.up();
        }
      }
    });
    semaphore.waitFor();
    return reference.get();
  }
}