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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * 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  License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle 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  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  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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package java.net.http;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+//
+// The problem:
+// ------------
+//   1. For every invocation of 'signal()' there must be at least
+//      1 invocation of 'handler.run()' that goes after
+//   2. There must be no more than 1 thread running the 'handler.run()'
+//      at any given time
+//
+// For example, imagine each signal increments (+1) some number. Then the
+// handler responds (eventually) the way that makes the number 0.
+//
+// For each signal there's a response. Several signals may be handled by a
+// single response.
+//
+final class WSSignalHandler {
+
+    // In this state the task is neither submitted nor running.
+    // No one is handling signals. If a new signal has been received, the task
+    // has to be submitted to the executor in order to handle this signal.
+    private static final int DONE    = 0;
+
+    // In this state the task is running.
+    // * If the signaller has found the task in this state it will try to change
+    //   the state to RERUN in order to make the already running task to handle
+    //   the new signal before exiting.
+    // * If the task has found itself in this state it will exit.
+    private static final int RUNNING = 1;
+
+    // A signal to the task, that it must rerun on the spot (without being
+    // resubmitted to the executor).
+    // If the task has found itself in this state it resets the state to
+    // RUNNING and repeats the pass.
+    private static final int RERUN   = 2;
+
+    private final AtomicInteger state = new AtomicInteger(DONE);
+
+    private final Executor executor;
+    private final Runnable task;
+
+    WSSignalHandler(Executor executor, Runnable handler) {
+        this.executor = requireNonNull(executor);
+        requireNonNull(handler);
+
+        task = () -> {
+            while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
+
+                try {
+                    handler.run();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // Sorry, the task won't be automatically retried;
+                    // hope next signals (if any) will kick off the handling
+                    state.set(DONE);
+                    throw e;
+                }
+
+                int prev = state.getAndUpdate(s -> {
+                    if (s == RUNNING) {
+                        return DONE;
+                    } else {
+                        return RUNNING;
+                    }
+                });
+
+                // Can't be DONE, since only the task itself may transit state
+                // into DONE (with one exception: RejectedExecution in signal();
+                // but in that case we couldn't be here at all)
+                assert prev == RUNNING || prev == RERUN;
+
+                if (prev == RUNNING) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    // Invoked by outer code to signal
+    void signal() {
+
+        int prev = state.getAndUpdate(s -> {
+            switch (s) {
+                case RUNNING:
+                    return RERUN;
+                case DONE:
+                    return RUNNING;
+                case RERUN:
+                    return RERUN;
+                default:
+                    throw new InternalError(String.valueOf(s));
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (prev != DONE) {
+            // Nothing to do! piggybacking on previous signal
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            executor.execute(task);
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            // Sorry some signal() invocations may have been accepted, but won't
+            // be done, since the 'task' couldn't be submitted
+            state.set(DONE);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+}