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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 com.intellij.execution.runners;
+
+import com.intellij.execution.*;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.*;
+import com.intellij.execution.ui.RunContentDescriptor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.options.SettingsEditor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * Allows to postpone actual {@link RunProfileState} execution until all the needed preparations are done.
+ * @param <Settings>
+ */
+public abstract class AsyncGenericProgramRunner<Settings extends RunnerSettings> implements ProgramRunner<Settings> {
+
+  @Override
+  @Nullable
+  public Settings createConfigurationData(final ConfigurationInfoProvider settingsProvider) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkConfiguration(final RunnerSettings settings,
+                                 final ConfigurationPerRunnerSettings configurationPerRunnerSettings) throws RuntimeConfigurationException {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void onProcessStarted(final RunnerSettings settings, final ExecutionResult executionResult) {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Nullable
+  public SettingsEditor<Settings> getSettingsEditor(final Executor executor, final RunConfiguration configuration) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final void execute(@NotNull final ExecutionEnvironment environment) throws ExecutionException {
+    execute(environment, null);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final void execute(@NotNull final ExecutionEnvironment env, @Nullable final ProgramRunner.Callback callback) throws ExecutionException {
+    final Project project = env.getProject();
+    final RunProfileState state = env.getState();
+    if (state == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    RunManager.getInstance(project).refreshUsagesList(env.getRunProfile());
+    prepare(project, env, state, new RunProfileStarterConsumer() {
+      @Override
+      public void consume(@NotNull RunProfileStarter starter) {
+        startRunProfile(project, env, state, callback, starter);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Makes all the needed preparations for the execution. Although this method is called in EDT,
+   * these preparations can be performed in a background thread.
+   *
+   * @param project Project instance
+   * @param env ExecutionEnvironment instance
+   * @param state RunProfileState instance
+   * @param consumer RunProfileStarterConsumer instance, its 'consume' method should be called in EDT.
+   *                 If no further actual execution is needed, 'consume' method should be called.
+   */
+  protected abstract void prepare(@NotNull Project project,
+                                  @NotNull ExecutionEnvironment env,
+                                  @NotNull RunProfileState state,
+                                  @NotNull RunProfileStarterConsumer consumer) throws ExecutionException;
+
+  public interface RunProfileStarterConsumer {
+    void consume(@NotNull RunProfileStarter provider);
+  }
+
+  private static void startRunProfile(@NotNull Project project,
+                                      @NotNull ExecutionEnvironment environment,
+                                      @NotNull RunProfileState state,
+                                      @Nullable final Callback callback,
+                                      @NotNull final RunProfileStarter starter) {
+    ExecutionManager.getInstance(project).startRunProfile(new RunProfileStarter() {
+      @Override
+      public RunContentDescriptor execute(@NotNull Project project,
+                                          @NotNull Executor executor,
+                                          @NotNull RunProfileState state,
+                                          @Nullable RunContentDescriptor contentToReuse,
+                                          @NotNull ExecutionEnvironment env) throws ExecutionException {
+        RunContentDescriptor descriptor = starter.execute(project, executor, state, contentToReuse, env);
+        if (descriptor != null) {
+          descriptor.setExecutionId(env.getExecutionId());
+        }
+        if (callback != null) {
+          callback.processStarted(descriptor);
+        }
+        return descriptor;
+      }
+    }, state, environment);
+  }
+
+}