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1 /**
2  * Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Simone Bordet
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * This software is distributable under the BSD license.
6  * See the terms of the BSD license in the documentation provided with this software.
7  */
8
9 package foxtrot;
10
11 /**
12  * Synchronous Foxtrot workers use an implementation of this interface
13  * to pump AWT events from the standard AWT Event Queue while executing
14  * {@link Task}s. <br />
15  * Implementations are required to provide a parameterless public constructor.
16  * @version $Revision: 1.4 $
17  */
18 public interface EventPump
19 {
20    /**
21     * Pumps AWT events from the standard AWT Event Queue and dispatches the events until the
22     * given <code>task</code> is {@link Task#isCompleted completed}; <strong>must</strong> be
23     * called from the Event Dispatch Thread. <br />
24     * No Exceptions (included RuntimeExceptions) or Errors should escape this method:
25     * it must return <strong>only</strong> when the task is completed.
26     */
27    public void pumpEvents(Task task);
28 }
29
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