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    25 /*

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    30  *

    31  * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166

    32  * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at

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    35 

    36 package java.util.concurrent;

    37 

    38 /**

    39  * A handler for tasks that cannot be executed by a {@link ThreadPoolExecutor}.

    40  *

    41  * @since 1.5

    42  * @author Doug Lea

    43  */

    44 public interface RejectedExecutionHandler {

    45 

    46     /**

    47      * Method that may be invoked by a {@link ThreadPoolExecutor} when

    48      * {@link ThreadPoolExecutor#execute execute} cannot accept a

    49      * task.  This may occur when no more threads or queue slots are

    50      * available because their bounds would be exceeded, or upon

    51      * shutdown of the Executor.

    52      *

    53      * <p>In the absence of other alternatives, the method may throw

    54      * an unchecked {@link RejectedExecutionException}, which will be

    55      * propagated to the caller of {@code execute}.

    56      *

    57      * @param r the runnable task requested to be executed

    58      * @param executor the executor attempting to execute this task

    59      * @throws RejectedExecutionException if there is no remedy

    60      */

    61     void rejectedExecution(Runnable r, ThreadPoolExecutor executor);

    62 }