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+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file is available under and governed by the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this
+ * file:
+ *
+ * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
+ * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
+ * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
+ */
+
+package java.util.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * A handler for tasks that cannot be executed by a {@link ThreadPoolExecutor}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ * @author Doug Lea
+ */
+public interface RejectedExecutionHandler {
+
+    /**
+     * Method that may be invoked by a {@link ThreadPoolExecutor} when
+     * {@link ThreadPoolExecutor#execute execute} cannot accept a
+     * task.  This may occur when no more threads or queue slots are
+     * available because their bounds would be exceeded, or upon
+     * shutdown of the Executor.
+     *
+     * <p>In the absence of other alternatives, the method may throw
+     * an unchecked {@link RejectedExecutionException}, which will be
+     * propagated to the caller of {@code execute}.
+     *
+     * @param r the runnable task requested to be executed
+     * @param executor the executor attempting to execute this task
+     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if there is no remedy
+     */
+    void rejectedExecution(Runnable r, ThreadPoolExecutor executor);
+}