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package org.jnode.work;
/**
* Manager of small asynchronous bits of work.
*
* @author Ewout Prangsma (epr@users.sourceforge.net)
*/
public interface WorkManager {
/**
* Name used to bind this manager in the InitialNaming namespace.
*/
public static final Class<WorkManager> NAME = WorkManager.class;
/**
* Add a bit of work to the qork queue.
*
* @param work
*/
public void add(Work work);
/**
* Gets the number of entries in the work queue.
*
* @return the number of entries.
*/
public int queueSize();
/**
* Is the work queue empty.
*
* @return {@code true} if the queue is empty, otherwise {@code false}.
*/
public boolean isEmpty();
}