Task.java

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package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki;

/**
 * This interface describes a task that should be performed asynchronously (because it is
 * potentially time-consuming and should not delay the GUI).
 * 
 * @author Tobias Kuhn
 */
public interface Task {
	
	/**
	 * This method should execute the time-consuming task that is to be performed asynchronously.
	 */
	public void run();
	
	/**
	 * This method should do the GUI update after {@link #run} has finished.
	 */
	public void updateGUI();

}