lection<Callable<Result>> solvers)
     throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
     CompletionService<Result> ecs
         = new ExecutorCompletionService<Result>(e);
     for (Callable<Result> s : solvers)
         ecs.submit(s);
     int n = solvers.size();
     for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
         Result r = ecs.take().get();
         if (r != null)
             use(r);
     </code>
 }}</pre>

 Suppose instead that you would like to use the first non-null result
 of the set of tasks, ignorin