/*
* Copyright (C) 2012, Katy Hilgenberg.
* Special acknowledgments to: Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel (http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de).
* Contact: sdcf@cs.uni-kassel.de
*
* This file is part of the SDCFramework (Sensor Data Collection Framework) project.
*
* The SDCFramework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* The SDCFramework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with the SDCFramework. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.util.facade;
/**
* Interface for worker threads.
*
* @see de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.util.AbstractWorkerThread
* @author Katy Hilgenberg
*/
public interface WorkerThread
{
/**
* Getter for the working flag
*
* @return the working flag
*/
public abstract boolean isWorking();
/**
* Setter for the logging flag
*
* @param doLog
* flag if logging should be done
*/
public abstract void setLogging( boolean doLog );
/**
* Getter for the logging flag
*
* @return the logging flag
*/
public abstract boolean isLogging();
/**
* Getter for the terminated flag
*
* @return the terminated flag
*/
public abstract boolean hasTerminated();
/**
* Does stop current work and trigger thread termination
*/
public abstract void doTerminate();
/**
* Does start working if thread is not in working state
*/
public abstract void startWork();
/**
* Does stop working if thread is in working state
*/
public abstract void stopWork();
}