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package org.webcat.submitter;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Implemented by users of this library if they wish to provide custom
* presentation of task progress.
*
* @author Tony Allevato (Virginia Tech Computer Science)
* @author latest changes by: $Author: aallowat $
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2010/03/02 18:38:53 $
*/
public interface ILongRunningTaskManager
{
//~ Methods ...............................................................
// ----------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Called to tell the task manager to execute the specified task. The
* implementation of this method should attach progress change listeners to
* the task and then pass control to the task's
* {@link ILongRunningTask#run()} method.
*
* @param task the task to execute
* @throws InvocationTargetException if an exception was thrown by the
* task; the actual exception can be obtained by calling
* {@link InvocationTargetException#getCause()}
*/
void run(ILongRunningTask task) throws InvocationTargetException;
}