TaskUser.java

package edu.usc.enl.dynamicmeasurement.algorithms.tasks;

import edu.usc.enl.dynamicmeasurement.data.DataPacket;
import edu.usc.enl.dynamicmeasurement.data.FinishPacket;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
 * User: masoud
 * Date: 9/2/13
 * Time: 4:00 PM <br/>
 * The main class that implements a task. It knows how to use the packets and create the report
 */
public abstract class TaskUser {
    public TaskUser(Element element) {

    }

    protected TaskUser() {

    }

    public abstract void setFolder(String folder);

    public abstract Task2.TaskImplementation getImplementation();

    /**
     * creates the report for the enduser
     *
     * @param step
     */
    public abstract void report(int step);

    /**
     * update the internal data structure of the algorithm. Keep this separate from the report part for the sake of profiling
     *
     * @param step
     */
    public abstract void update(int step);

    public abstract void process2(DataPacket p);

    public abstract void finish(FinishPacket p);
}