Task.java

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/*
 *    Task.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2000-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */


package weka.experiment;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Interface to something that can be remotely executed as a task.
 *
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 8034 $
 */
public interface Task extends Serializable {
  
  /**
   * Execute this task.
   */
  void execute();

  /**
   * Clients should be able to call this method at any time to obtain
   * information on a current task.
   *
   * @return a TaskStatusInfo object holding info and result (if available) for
   * this task
   */
  TaskStatusInfo getTaskStatus();
}