SimpleHBTask.java

/*
  This file is part of JOP, the Java Optimized Processor
    see <http://www.jopdesign.com/>

  Copyright (C) 2009, Martin Schoeberl (martin@jopdesign.com)

  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 3 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
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*/


/**
 * 
 */
package sp;

/**
 * This task class add some features for hearbeat (alive signal)
 * 
 * @author Martin Schoeberl (martin@jopdesign.com)
 *         Raimund Kirner (raimund@vmars.tuwien.ac.at)
 *
 */
public class SimpleHBTask extends SimpleTask {
    boolean alive = false;

    /**
     * temporarilly sets the alive flag of the task
     */
    public void setAlive() {
	alive = true;
    }

    /**
     * clears the alive flag of the task
     */
    public void clearAlive() {
	alive = false;
    }

    /**
     * gets the status of the alive flag of the task
     */
    public boolean alive() {
	return alive;
    }

  }