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1 /**
2  * Dream
3  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 INRIA Rhone-Alpes
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Contact : dream@objectweb.org
20  *
21  * Initial developer(s): Vivien Quema
22  * Contributor(s):
23  */

24
25 package org.objectweb.dream.control.activity.task;
26
27 /**
28  * Interface representing a task.
29  */

30 public interface Task
31 {
32
33   /**
34    * The commonly used nam to refer to this interface.
35    */

36   String JavaDoc ITF_NAME = "task";
37
38   /**
39    * The method that is executed.
40    *
41    * @param hints execution paramters.
42    * @return an object representing the execution result.
43    * @throws InterruptedException if this task is interrupted.
44    */

45   Object JavaDoc execute(Object JavaDoc hints) throws InterruptedException JavaDoc;
46
47 }
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