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package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api;

/**
 * Interface for tasks that may be cancelled
 *
 * @since 2.2.6
 */
public interface Cancelable {
    /**
     * Attempts to cancel execution of this task.  This attempt will
     * fail if the task has already completed, has already been cancelled,
     * or could not be cancelled for some other reason. If successful,
     * and this task has not started when <tt>cancel is called,
     * this task should never run.  If the task has already started,
     * then the <tt>mayInterruptIfRunning parameter determines
     * whether the thread executing this task should be interrupted in
     * an attempt to stop the task.
     *
     * @param mayInterruptIfRunning <tt>true if the thread executing this
     * task should be interrupted; otherwise, in-progress tasks are allowed
     * to complete
     * @return <tt>false if the task could not be cancelled,
     * typically because it has already completed normally;
     * <tt>true otherwise
     */
        public void cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning);
}