org.gvsig.remoteclient.taskplanning
Interface IRunnableTask

All Known Implementing Classes:

URLRetrieveTask

public interface IRunnableTask

Interface implemented by those tasks that can be background-executed, cancelled or any other thing.

Author:

jaume dominguez faus - jaume.dominguez@iver.es

Method Summary

void	cancel() Cancels the current execution, if any, of this task.
void	execute() Executes this task's operations.
long	getTaskTimeout() Returns the timeout set to this task in milliseconds
boolean	isRunning() Tells if the task is on execution.

Method Detail

execute

void execute()

Executes this task's operations.

cancel

void cancel()

Cancels the current execution, if any, of this task. Should have no effect if the task is not executing anything.

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Tells if the task is on execution.

Returns:

true if the task is busy, false otherwise.

getTaskTimeout

long getTaskTimeout()

Returns the timeout set to this task in milliseconds

Returns:

the amount of milliseconds to wait until the task will be considered as unsuccessful, or 0 or less to say that task can wait forever.