org.jlab.coda.cMsg.remoteExec

Interface IExecutorThread

All Known Implementing Classes:

cMsgNameServer, ExampleThread

public interface IExecutorThread

This interface allows the Executor to run, wait for, and shut down an application it has been told to run.

Author:

timmer Date: Oct 12, 2010

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	shutItDown() When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, eventually a Commander may want to stop it.
void	startItUp() When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, it calls this method to do so.
void	waitUntilDone() When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, a Commander may want to wait until it finished running.

Method Detail

startItUp

void startItUp()

When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, it calls this method to do so. This method does everything that needs doing in order to get this application running. In a Thread object, this can be used to wrap start();

shutItDown

void shutItDown()

When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, eventually a Commander may want to stop it. In that case, this method can be run so things can be shut down and cleaned up. In a Thread object, this can be used to wrap some user method to gracefully shut the thread down;

waitUntilDone

void waitUntilDone()
            throws java.lang.InterruptedException

When a class implementing this interface is run by an Executor, a Commander may want to wait until it finished running. In that case, this method can be run so things to wait for it to finish. In a Thread object, this can be used to wrap join();

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException - if thread interrupted.