V
- the result type of method call
@FunctionalInterface public static interface Remote.Callable<V> extends Callable<V>, Serializable
call
.
The Callable
interface is similar to Runnable
, in that both are designed for classes whose instances are potentially executed by another thread. A Runnable
, however, does not return a result and cannot throw a checked exception.
The Executors
class contains utility methods to convert from other common forms to Callable
classes.