01: /*
02: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
03: * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
04: * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
05: * (at your option) any later version.
06: *
07: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
08: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
09: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
10: * GNU General Public License for more details.
11: *
12: * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
13: * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
14: * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
15: */
16:
17: /*
18: * Task.java
19: * Copyright (C) 2000 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
20: *
21: */
22:
23: package weka.experiment;
24:
25: import java.io.Serializable;
26:
27: /**
28: * Interface to something that can be remotely executed as a task.
29: *
30: * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
31: * @version $Revision: 1.8 $
32: */
33: public interface Task extends Serializable {
34:
35: /**
36: * Execute this task.
37: */
38: void execute();
39:
40: /**
41: * Clients should be able to call this method at any time to obtain
42: * information on a current task.
43: *
44: * @return a TaskStatusInfo object holding info and result (if available) for
45: * this task
46: */
47: TaskStatusInfo getTaskStatus();
48: }
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