Mastering Java: The Ultimate Quiz for 'Thinking in Java'

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Which provides a high-level way of executing tasks asynchronously, possibly returning a result?

  1. Executor

  2. Runnable

  3. Callable

  4. Futures

The correct answer is: Callable

A Executor is a framework for initiating and managing a thread pool. It does not support returning a result. B: Runnable is an interface that allows a class to be executed as a thread, but it does not support returning a result. D: Futures is a class that allows for asynchronous execution, but it does not support the high-level abstraction of being able to return a result.

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