gradle-master/subprojects/tooling-api/src/main/java/org/gradle/tooling/CancellationTokenSource.java
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package org.gradle.tooling;

/**
 * A {@code CancellationTokenSource} allows you to issue cancellation requests to one or more {@link org.gradle.tooling.LongRunningOperation}
 * instances. To use a token source:
 *
 * <ul>
 *     <li>Create a token source using {@link GradleConnector#newCancellationTokenSource()}.</li>
 *     <li>Attach the token to one or more operations using {@link org.gradle.tooling.LongRunningOperation#withCancellationToken(CancellationToken)}.
 *     You need to do this before you start the operation.
 *     </li>
 *     <li>Later, you can cancel the associated operations by calling {@link #cancel()} on this token source.</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>All implementations of this interface are required to be thread safe.</p>
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface CancellationTokenSource {
    /**
     * Initiates cancel request. All operations that have been associated with this token will be cancelled.
     *
     * <p>It is assumed that the implementation will do 'best-effort' attempt to perform cancellation.
     * This method returns immediately and if the cancellation is successful the cancelled operation
     * will notify its {@link org.gradle.tooling.ResultHandler#onFailure(GradleConnectionException)}
     * with a {@link BuildCancelledException} describing how it was cancelled.
     * </p>
     */
    void cancel();

    /**
     * Returns a token associated with this {@code CancellationTokenSource}.
     * Always returns the same instance.
     *
     * @return The cancellation token.
     */
    CancellationToken token();
}
