throw new TimeoutException("Timeout waiting for task.");
        }

        return getValue();
      }

      /**
       * Blocks until {@link #complete(Object, Throwable, int)} has been successfully called. Throws
       * a {@link CancellationException} if the task was cancelled, or a {@link ExecutionException}
       * if the task completed with an error.
       */

    duration: Long,
    unit: TimeUnit,
  ) = apply {
    actions += { Thread.sleep(unit.toMillis(duration)) }
  }

  override fun handle(stream: Stream) {
    val task = serviceStreamTask(stream)
    results.add(task)
    task.run()
  }

  /** Returns a task that processes both request and response from [stream]. */
  private fun serviceStreamTask(stream: Stream): FutureTask<Void> {
    return FutureTask<Void> {

It's called "asynchronous" because the computer / program doesn't have to be "synchronized" with the slow task, waiting for the exact moment that the task finishes, while doing nothing, to be able to take the task result and continue the work.

# o schema   -- The schema name.
# o user     -- The database user name.
# o password -- The database password.
# o propertiesMap -- The properties that depends on the database.
# o variousMap    -- The various settings about JDBC task.
#
# *The line that starts with '#' means comment-out.
#
map:{
    ; driver   = org.h2.Driver
    ; url      = jdbc:h2:file:../src/test/resources/dummydb/dummydb
    ; schema   =  
    ; user     = sa

                logger.debug("Job {} is running.", id);
            }
            return;
        }

        TimeoutTask task = null;
        try {
            if (scheduledJob.isLoggingEnabled()) {
                jobHelper.store(jobLog);
                task = jobHelper.startMonitorTask(jobLog);
            }

            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {

    params {
        text(
            testTaskParameterName,
            ":core:embeddedIntegTest",
            display = ParameterDisplay.PROMPT,
            allowEmpty = false,
            description = "The test task you want to run"
        )
        text(
            testNameParameterName,
            """org.gradle.api.tasks.CachedTaskExecutionIntegrationTest.outputs*are*correctly*loaded*from*cache""",

   * running with have the given name.
   *
   * @param task The Runnable to wrap
   * @param nameSupplier The supplier of thread names, {@link Supplier#get get} will be called once
   *     for each invocation of the wrapped callable.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // threads
  static Runnable threadRenaming(Runnable task, Supplier<String> nameSupplier) {
    checkNotNull(nameSupplier);

        val taskPathToReports = allTasks.associate { it.path to it.customReports() + it.attachedReportLocations() }.filter { it.value.isNotEmpty() }
        globalExtension.taskPathToReports = taskPathToReports
    }
}

fun Task.customReports(): List<File> = when (this) {
    is ValidatePlugins -> listOf(outputFile.get().asFile)
    is FindBrokenInternalLinks -> listOf(reportFile.get().asFile)
    is DistributionTest -> listOf(

        Thread.sleep(10);
        int count = expiredCount;
        task.stop();
        TimeoutManager.getInstance().start();
        assertNotNull(TimeoutManager.getInstance().thread);
        Thread.sleep(2000);
        assertEquals(count, expiredCount);
        assertEquals(1, TimeoutManager.getInstance().getTimeoutTaskCount());
        task.cancel();
        Thread.sleep(2000);

    /* the implementation class to collect information from task execution result */
    klass: Class<T>,
    /* which tasks we need to monitor? For example, cache-miss-monitor monitors `AbstractCompile` tasks */
    taskFilter: (Task) -> Boolean,
    /* pass the collected information in build-logic and main build to build scan */