com.jcorporate.expresso.services.asyncprocess
Interface AsyncProcess

public interface AsyncProcess

Interface for a process that is to be completed asynchronously while other things in the Expresso system goes on.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ on $Date: 2003/10/01 01:18:37 $

Author:

Michael Rimov

Method Summary

Object	getStatus() Retrieve an object that describes the current status of the process
void	kill() Function that is called when the process should exit AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
Object	process() Implemented by the class, and called

Method Detail

process

public Object process()
               throws Exception

Implemented by the class, and called

Returns:

java.lang.Object the result of the processing

Throws:

Exception

kill

public void kill()

Function that is called when the process should exit AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

getStatus

public Object getStatus()

Retrieve an object that describes the current status of the process

Returns:

java.lang.Object