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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.function.FailableFunction;
+
+/**
+ * Definition of an interface for a wrapper around a calculation that takes a single parameter and returns a result.
+ *
+ * <p>This interface allows for wrapping a calculation into a class so that it maybe passed around an application.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>See also {@code FailableFunction<I, O, InterruptedException>}.</p>
+ *
+ * @param <I> the type of the input to the calculation
+ * @param <O> the type of the output of the calculation
+ * @see FailableFunction
+ * @since 3.6
+ */
+public interface Computable<I, O> {
+
+    /**
+     * This method carries out the given operation with the provided argument.
+     *
+     * @param arg
+     *            the argument for the calculation
+     * @return the result of the calculation
+     * @throws InterruptedException
+     *             thrown if the calculation is interrupted
+     */
+    O compute(I arg) throws InterruptedException;
+}