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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 java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
+
+/**
+ * Consists of utility methods that work with {@link FutureTask}.
+ *
+ * @since 3.13.0
+ */
+public class FutureTasks {
+
+    private FutureTasks() {
+        // No instances needed.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@link FutureTask} and runs the given {@link Callable}.
+     *
+     * @param <V> The result type returned by this FutureTask's {@code get} methods.
+     * @param callable the Callable task.
+     * @return a new FutureTask.
+     */
+    public static <V> FutureTask<V> run(final Callable<V> callable) {
+        final FutureTask<V> futureTask = new FutureTask<>(callable);
+        futureTask.run();
+        return futureTask;
+    }
+}