Task

Class Overview

This interface is implemented by objects that can be executed by a TaskServer.

A Task object implements two methods:

• public void run(): from Runnable
This method is called by the TaskServer when the task is executed.
• public void cancel():
This method is called by the TaskServer if the TaskServer is stopped before the Task is executed.

An implementation of TaskServer shall call either run() or cancel(). Whether the task is executed synchronously in the current thread (when calling TaskServer.submitTask() or in a new thread dedicated to the task, or in a daemon thread, depends on the implementation of the TaskServer through which the task is executed.

The implementation of Task must not make any assumption on the implementation of the TaskServer through which it will be executed.

This API is a Sun Microsystems internal API and is subject to change without notice.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract void	cancel() Cancel the submitted task.

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From interface java.lang.Runnable abstract void run() When an object implementing interface Runnable is used to create a thread, starting the thread causes the object's run method to be called in that separately executing thread.