/*
Nord Modular Midi Protocol 3.03 Library
Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Marcus Andersson
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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package net.sf.nmedit.jnmprotocol.utils;
/**
* Controls the execution of a {@link net.sf.nmedit.jnmprotocol.utils.StoppableThread}
*/
public interface ThreadExecutionPolicy
{
/**
* Delays the execution of the runnable each time after it was called in the thread loop.
*/
void delay()
throws InterruptedException;
/**
* Interrups the blocking delay() method.
*/
void interruptDelay();
/**
* If true this indicates that the thread shouln't be executed anymore.
*/
boolean exitRequested();
/**
* Returns true if the runnable should be called in the current thread loop cycle.
*/
boolean executionRequested();
}