jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/Callback.java

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package org.eclipse.jetty.util;

/**
 * <p>A callback abstraction that handles completed/failed events of asynchronous operations.</p>
 *
 * <p>Semantically this is equivalent to an optimise Promise&lt;Void&gt;, but callback is a more meaningful
 * name than EmptyPromise</p>
 */
public interface Callback
{
    /**
     * <p>Callback invoked when the operation completes.</p>
     *
     * @see #failed(Throwable)
     */
    public abstract void succeeded();

    /**
     * <p>Callback invoked when the operation fails.</p>
     * @param x the reason for the operation failure
     */
    public void failed(Throwable x);

    /**
     * <p>Empty implementation of {@link Callback}</p>
     */
    public static class Adapter implements Callback
    {
        /**
         * Instance of Adapter that can be used when the callback methods need an empty
         * implementation without incurring in the cost of allocating a new Adapter object.
         */
        public static final Adapter INSTANCE = new Adapter();

        @Override
        public void succeeded()
        {
        }

        @Override
        public void failed(Throwable x)
        {
        }
    }
}