/*
* Mojito Distributed Hash Table (Mojito DHT)
* Copyright (C) 2006-2007 LimeWire LLC
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.limewire.mojito.concurrent;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import org.limewire.concurrent.OnewayExchanger;
/**
* A DHTTask is an asynchronous non-blocking task.
*/
public interface DHTTask<T> {
/**
* The maximum amount of time this DHTTask may be
* active before it's being interrupted.
*/
public long getWaitOnLockTimeout();
/**
* Starts the DHTTask.
*/
public void start(OnewayExchanger<T, ExecutionException> exchanger);
/**
* Cancels the DHTTask.
*/
public void cancel();
}