tml">ScheduledFuture</a>&lt;V&gt;</td>
              <td class="jd-descrcol" width="100%">A delayed result-bearing action that can be cancelled.&nbsp;</td>
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<h2>Class Overview</h2>
<p itemprop="articleBody">A <code>Future</code> represents the result of an asynchronous
 computation.  Methods are provided to check if the computation is
 complete, to wait for its completion, and to retrieve the result of
 the computa