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+/*
+  File: DirectExecutor.java
+
+  Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
+  This may be used for any purposes whatsoever without acknowledgment.
+  Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs,
+  and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
+
+  History:
+  Date       Who                What
+  21Jun1998  dl               Create public version
+*/
+
+package EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * An implementation of Executor that 
+ * invokes the run method of the supplied command and then returns.
+ * 
+ * <p>[<a href="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html"> Introduction to this package. </a>]
+ **/
+public class DirectExecutor implements Executor {
+  /** 
+   * Execute the given command directly in the current thread.
+   **/
+  public void execute(Runnable command) throws InterruptedException {
+    if (Thread.interrupted()) throw new InterruptedException();
+
+    command.run();
+  }
+}