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CompletableFuture is used for asynchronous programming in Java. Asynchronous programming is a means of writing non-blocking code by running a task on a separate thread than the main application thread ...

Before we dive into explaining what CompletableFuture is, let’s understand what a Future represents. This is important because CompletableFuture is built upon Future. What is a Future? A Future is an ...

to check if a task is completed or canceled to cancel a task to wait for a task to complete (if necessary) and then get its result However, the Future interface has significant limitations in building ...