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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.function;
+
+/**
+ * A functional interface like {@link java.util.concurrent.Callable} that declares a {@link Throwable}.
+ *
+ * @param <R> Return type.
+ * @param <E> The kind of thrown exception or error.
+ * @since 3.11
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface FailableCallable<R, E extends Throwable> {
+
+    /**
+     * Calls the callable.
+     *
+     * @return The value returned from the callable
+     * @throws E if the callable fails
+     */
+    R call() throws E;
+}